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05/02/2025

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PICEOUS

Of or pertaining to pitch; resembling pitch in color orquality; pitchy.

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OCTOROON

The offspring of a quadroon and a white person; a mestee.

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LEGATEE

One to whom a legacy is bequeathed.

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PROPAGANDIST

A person who devotes himself to the spread of any system ofprinciples. "Political propagandists." Walsh.

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SUSPENSIBLE

Capable of being suspended; capable of being held from sinking.

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ETHNARCHY

The dominion of an ethnarch; principality and rule. Wright.

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CIRCINATE

Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center; -- aterm used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns. Gray.

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COTTOLENE

A product from cottonseed, used as lard.

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SOFFIT

The under side of the subordinate parts and members ofbuildings, such as staircases, entablatures, archways, cornices, orthe like. See Illust. of Lintel.

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CYMAR

A sight covering; a scarf. See Simar.Her body shaded with a light cymar. Dryden.

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WORRY

To feel or express undue care and anxiety; to manifestdisquietude or pain; to be fretful; to chafe; as, the child worries;the horse worries.

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ENGRAVER

One who engraves; a person whose business it is to produceengraved work, especially on metal or wood.