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20/01/2025

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EROS

Love; the god of love; -- by earlier writers represented as oneof the first and creative gods, by later writers as the son ofAphrodite, equivalent to the Latin god Cupid.

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SEA COLEWORT

Sea cabbage.

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FLORIMER

See Floramour. [Obs.]

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BALCONY

A platform projecting from the wall of a building, usuallyresting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet; as, abalcony in front of a window. Also, a projecting gallery in places ofamusement; as, the balcony in a theater.

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DETAINMENT

Detention. [R.] Blackstone.

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ANHELOUS

Short of breath; panting.

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YELLOWFISH

A rock trout (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) found on the coastof Alaska; -- called also striped fish, and Atka mackerel.

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SARCOPHAGY

The practice of eating flesh.

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SWINGLE

A wooden instrument like a large knife, about two feet long,with one thin edge, used for beating and cleaning flax; a scutcher; -- called also swingling knife, swingling staff, and swingling wand.

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MARANTA

A genus of endogenous plants found in tropical America, andsome species also in India. They have tuberous roots containing alarge amount of starch, and from one species (Maranta arundinacea)arrowroot is obtained. Many kinds are cultivated for ornament.

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DETRACTORY

Defamatory by denial of desert; derogatory; calumnious. Sir T.Browne.

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NEPOTAL

Of or relating to a nephew.