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24/01/2025
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CUTLING
CUTLING
The art of making edged tools or cutlery. [Obs.] Milton.
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ARECA
ARECA
A genus of palms, one species of which produces the areca nut,or betel nut, which is chewed in India with the leaf of the PiperBetle and lime.
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INDECENTLY
INDECENTLY
In an indecent manner.
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CHIRONOMY
CHIRONOMY
The art of moving the hands in oratory or in pantomime; gesture[Obs.]
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TERCELLENE
TERCELLENE
A small male hawk. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
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NASALITY
NASALITY
The quality or state of being nasal.
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PURSUAL
PURSUAL
The act of pursuit. [R.]
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SPEEDY
SPEEDY
Not dilatory or slow; quick; swift; nimble; hasty; rapid inmotion or performance; as, a speedy flight; on speedy foot.I will wish her speedy strength. Shak.Darts, which not the good could shun, The speedy ould outfly. Dryden.
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VELLEITY
VELLEITY
The lowest degree of desire; imperfect or incomplete volition.Locke.
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CREANT
CREANT
Creative; formative. [R.] Mrs. Browning.
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OMPHALOMESENTERIC
OMPHALOMESENTERIC
Of or pertaining to the umbilicus and mesentery;omphalomesaraic; as, the omphalomesenteric arteries and veins of afetus.
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POLLOCK
POLLOCK
A marine gadoid fish (Pollachius carbonarius), native both ofthe European and American coasts. It is allied to the cod, and likeit is salted and dried. In England it is called coalfish, lob,podley, podling, pollack, etc.