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10/03/2025

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FORMIDABLENESS

The quality of being formidable, or adapted to excite dread.Boyle.

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UNICAMERAL

Having, or consisting of, a single chamber; -- said of alegislative assembly. [R.] F. Lieber.

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SPRY

Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active. [U.S.& Local Eng.]She is as spry as a cricket. S. Judd (Margaret).If I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I, And not halfso spry. Emerson.

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RADICANT

Taking root on, or above, the ground; rooting from the stem, asthe trumpet creeper and the ivy.

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INTERMEMBRANOUS

Within or beneath a membrane; as, intermembranous ossification.

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TURBULENCE

The quality or state of being turbulent; a disturbed state;tumult; disorder; agitation. Shak.The years of . . . warfare and turbulence which ensued. Southey.

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MAWKIN

See Malkin, and Maukin.

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FILATORY

A machine for forming threads. [Obs.] W. Tooke.

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UNOIL

To remove the oil from. Dryden.

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VEX

To be irritated; to fret. [R.] Chapman.

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BLUEWING

The blue-winged teal. See Teal.

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DAFF

To cast aside; to put off; to doff. [Obs.]Canst thou so daff me Thou hast killed my child. Shak.