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20/02/2025

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LASH

,. v. i. To ply the whip; to strike; to uttercensure orsarcastic language.To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice. Dryden.To lash out, to strike out wildly or furiously.

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AREOLAR

Pertaining to, or like, an areola; filled with interstices orareolæ. reolar tissue (Anat.), a form of fibrous connective tissue inwhich the fibers are loosely arranged with numerous spaces, orareolæ, between them.

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MADIA

A genus of composite plants, of which one species (Madiasativa) is cultivated for the oil yielded from its seeds by pressure.This oil is sometimes used instead of olive oil for the table.

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UPROUSE

To rouse up; to rouse from sleep; to awake; to arouse. Shak.

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RICKRACK

A kind of openwork edging made of serpentine braid.

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INCIRCUMSCRIPTIBLE

Incapable of being circumscribed or limited. Cranmer.

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SILAGE

Short for Ensilage.

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RILLE

One of certain narrow, crooked valleys seen, by aid of thetelescope, on the surface of the moon.

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ANTISTROPHON

An argument retorted on an opponent. Milton.

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IHLANG-IHLANG

A rich, powerful, perfume, obtained from the volatile oil ofthe flowers of Canada odorata, an East Indian tree. [Also writtenylang-ylang.]

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AGONISTICS

The science of athletic combats, or contests in public games.

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POCKETKNIFE

A knife with one or more blades, which fold into the handle soas to admit of being carried in the pocket.