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07/02/2025

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THEOLOGIZE

To render theological; to apply to divinity; to reduce to asystem of theology.School divinity was but Aristotle's philosophy theologized. Glanvill.

#77722

KEMELIN

A tub; a brewer's vessel. [Obs.] Chaucer.

#45892

MANGANESE STEEL

Cast steel containing a considerable percentage of manganese,which makes it very hard and tough. See Alloy steel, above.

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SHAMA

A saxicoline singing bird (Kittacincla macroura) of India,noted for the sweetness and power of its song. In confinement itimitates the notes of other birds and various animals with accuracy.Its head, neck, back, breast, and tail are glossy black, the rumpwhite, the under parts chestnut.

#55606

MOREPORK

The Australian crested goatsucker (Ægotheles Novæ-Hollandiæ).Also applied to other allied birds, as Podargus Cuveiri.

#78486

BARE

That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate,which is exposed to the weather.

#49020

PLAQUE

Any flat, thin piece of metal, clay, ivory, or the like, usedfor ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a slab, plate, dish,or the like, hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn on theperson, as a brooch.

#39029

UNOBTRUSIVE

Not obtrusive; not presuming; modest.-- Un`ob*tru"sive*ly, adv.-- Un`ob*tru"sive*ness, n.

#652

FORBEARER

One who forbears. Tusser.

#32779

OUT-HEROD

To surpass (Herod) in violence or wickedness; to exceed in anyvicious or offensive particular. "It out-Herods Herod." Shak.Out-Heroding the preposterous fashions of the times. Sir W. Scott.

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GARMENTED

Having on a garment; attired; enveloped, as with a garment.[Poetic]A lovely lady garmented in light From her own beauty. Shelley.

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VOLATILE

A winged animal; wild fowl; game. [Obs.] Chaucer. Sir T.Browne.