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17/02/2025

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SEALSKIN

The skin of a seal; the pelt of a seal prepared for use, esp.of the fur seal; also, a garment made of this material.

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ENGIRD

To gird; to encompass. Shak.

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SATURNINE

Of or pertaining to lead; characterized by, or resembling,lead, which was formerly called Saturn. [Archaic] Saturnine colic(Med.), lead colic.

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DESCEND

To move toward the south, or to the southward.

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LOGOTHETE

An accountant; under Constantine, an officer of the empire; areceiver of revenue; an administrator of a department.

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CUSPIS

A point; a sharp end.

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NEOPLATONISM

A pantheistic eclectic school of philosophy, of which Plotinuswas the chief (A. D. 205-270), and which sought to reconcile thePlatonic and Aristotelian systems with Oriental theosophy. It tendedto mysticism and theurgy, and was the last product of Greekphilosophy.

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PRUSSIC

designating the acid now called hydrocyanic acid, but formerlycalled prussic acid, because Prussian blue is derived from it or itscompounds. See Hydrocyanic.

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REQUICKEN

To quicken anew; to reanimate; to give new life to. Shak.

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DETERMINATE

To bring to an end; to determine. See Determine. [Obs.]The sly, slow hours shall not determinate The dateless limit of thydear exile. Shak.

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DERRING

Daring or warlike. [Obs.]Drad for his derring doe and bloody deed. Spenser.

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TOLLBOOTH

To imprison in a tollbooth. [R.]That they might tollbooth Oxford men. Bp. Corbet.