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EMBODIER

One who embodies.

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DERIVAL

Derivation. [R.]The derival of e from a. Earle.

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TECHNICALS

Those things which pertain to the practical part of an art,science, or profession; technical terms; technics.

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GRILLADE

The act of grilling; also, that which is grilled.

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PLUTONIAN

Plutonic. Poe.

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SYLLABLE

To pronounce the syllables of; to utter; to articulate. Milton.

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INGRAVIDATE

To impregnate. [Obs.] Fuller.

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TROY

Troy weight. Troy weight, the weight which gold and silver,jewels, and the like, are weighed. It was so named from Troyes, inFrance, where it was first adopted in Europe. The troy ounce issupposed to have been brought from Cairo during the crusades. In thisweight the pound is divided into 12 ounces, the ounce into 20pennyweights, and the pennyweight into 24 grains; hence, the troyounce contains 480 grains, and the troy pound contains 5760 grains.The avoirdupois pound contains 7000 troy grains; so that 175 poundstroy equal 144 pounds avoirdupois, or 1 pound troy = 0.82286 of apound avoirdupois, and 1 ounce troy = 1apothecaries' weight, used inweighing medicines, etc. In the standard weights of the UnitedStates, the troy ounce is divided decimally down to the

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INCOGNIZANCE

Failure to cognize, apprehended, or notice.This incognizance may be explained. Sir W. Hamilton.

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IRRESISTANCE

Nonresistance; passive submission.

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UNDERSTATE

To state or represent less strongly than may be donetruthfully.

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MARSHALER

One who marshals.