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02/02/2025

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PLANTLET

PLANTLET

A little plant.

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EAGERLY

EAGERLY

In an eager manner.

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SHALLOON

SHALLOON

A thin, loosely woven, twilled worsted stuff.In blue shalloon shall Hannibal be clad. Swift.

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PURANIC

PURANIC

Pertaining to the Puranas.

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DIMINISH

DIMINISH

To make smaller by a half step; to make (an interval) less thanminor; as, a diminished seventh.

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SCHOLIAST

SCHOLIAST

A maker of scholia; a commentator or annotator.No . . . quotations from Talmudists and scholiasts . . . ever marredthe effect of his grave temperate discourses. Macaulay.

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REGISTRARSHIP

REGISTRARSHIP

The office of a registrar.

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CRENATION

CRENATION

A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.

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WAINAGE

WAINAGE

A finding of carriages, carts, etc., for the transportation ofgoods, produce, etc. Ainsworth.

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GARLIC

GARLIC

A plant of the genus Allium (A. sativum is the cultivatedvariety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid,pungent taste. Each root is composed of several lesser bulbs, calledcloves of garlic, inclosed in a common membranous coat, and easilyseparable.

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ICKLE

ICKLE

An icicle. [Prov. Eng.]

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PENALLY

PENALLY

In a penal manner.