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04/03/2025

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PRONGHORN

An American antelope (Antilocapra Americana), native of theplain near the Rocky Mountains. The upper parts are mostly yellowishbrown; the under parts, the sides of the head and throat, and thebuttocks, are white. The horny sheath of the horns is shed annually.Called also cabrée, cabut, prongbuck, and pronghorned antelope.

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TUGGER

One who tugs.

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HEADPAN

The brainpan. [Obs.]

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WILDER

To bewilder; to perplex.Long lost and wildered in the maze of fate. Pope.Again the wildered fancy dreams Of spouting fountains, frozen as theyrose. Bryant.

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REVERSIBILITY

The quality of being reversible. Tyndall.

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CONFUTEMENT

Confutation. [Obs.] Milton.

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WATTLESS

Without any power (cf. Watt); -- said of an alternating currentor component of current when it differs in phase by ninety degreesfrom the electromotive force which produces it, or of anelectromotive force or component thereof when the current it producesdiffers from it in phase by 90 degrees.

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THEOMANCY

A kind of divination drawn from the responses of oracles amongheathen nations.

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DIERESIS

Same as Diæresis.

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FULIGINOUSLY

In a smoky manner.

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SABAL

A genus of palm trees including the palmetto of the SouthernUnited States.

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STAGHOUND

A large and powerful hound formerly used in hunting the stag,the wolf, and other large animals. The breed is nearly extinct.