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15/02/2025

#5601

HOGCHAIN

A chain or tie rod, in a boat or barge, to prevent the vesselfrom hogging.

#6431

ENGRAFF

To graft; to fix deeply. [Obs.]

#22315

HIBISCUS

A genus of plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees), some species ofwhich have large, showy flowers. Some species are cultivated in Indiafor their fiber, which is used as a substitute for hemp. See Althea,Hollyhock, and Manoe.

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GREGARIAN

Gregarious; belonging to the herd or common sort; common.[Obs.] "The gregarian soldiers." Howell.

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AFFEER

To assess or reduce, as an arbitrary penalty or amercement, toa certain and reasonable sum.Amercements . . . were affeered by the judges. Blackstone.

#51669

MUNDIVAGANT

Wandering over the world. [R.]

#39503

CUSPATED

Ending in a point.

#31708

CONTRADICTORY

propositions with the same terms, but opposed to each otherboth in quality and quantity.

#44326

RING WINDING

Armature winding in which the wire is wound round the outer andinner surfaces alternately of an annular or cylindrical core.

#61621

UNFRIENDSHIP

The state or quality of being unfriendly; unfriendliness;enmity.An act of unfriendship to my sovereign person. Sir W. Scott.

#69527

GRIP CAR

A car with a grip to clutch a traction cable.

#3009

DROSOMETER

An instrument for measuring the quantity of dew on the surfaceof a body in the open air. It consists of a balance, having a plateat one end to receive the dew, and at the other a weight protectedfrom the deposit of dew.