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SPHYGMOGRAPH

An instrument which, when applied over an artery, indicatesgraphically the movements or character of the pulse. See Sphygmogram.

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MADE

See Mad, n.

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PROTECTORIAL

Same as Protectoral.

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DEMONOMANIA

A form of madness in which the patient conceives himselfpossessed of devils.

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USEFUL

Full of use, advantage, or profit; producing, or having powerto produce, good; serviceable for any end or object; helpful towardadvancing any purpose; beneficial; profitable; advantageous; as,vessels and instruments useful in a family; books useful forimprovement; useful knowledge; useful arts.To what can I useful! Milton.

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SELF-STARTER

A mechanism (usually one operated by electricity, compressedair, a spring, or an explosive gas), attached to an internal-combustion engine, as on an automobile, and used as a means ofstarting the engine without cranking it by hand.

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MATROSS

Formerly, in the British service, a gunner or a gunner's mate;one of the soldiers in a train of artillery, who assisted the gunnersin loading, firing, and sponging the guns. [Obs.]

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ANTHROPOMORPHOSIS

Transformation into the form of a human being.

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SPLAY

Displayed; spread out; turned outward; hence, flat; ungainly;as, splay shoulders.Sonwthing splay, something blunt-edged, unhandy, and infelicitous. M.Arnold.

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BACTERIOLOGIST

One skilled in bacteriology.

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MANURAGE

Cultivation. [Obs.] Warner.

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ROCKAWAY

Formerly, a light, low, four-wheeled carriage, with standingtop, open at the sides, but having waterproof curtains which could belet down when occasion required; now, a somewhat similar, butheavier, carriage, inclosed, except in front, and having a door ateach side.