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11/03/2025

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PRECONSOLIDATED

Consolidated beforehand.

#7942

HYALONEMA

A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composedof very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted togetherlike the strands of a color. The stem of the Japanese species (H.Sieboldii), called glass-rope, has long been in use as an ornament.See Glass-rope.

#83858

HORSE-LITTER

A carriage hung on poles, and borne by and between two horses.Milton.

#19269

CROZIER

See Crosier.

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DISTASTE

To be distasteful; to taste ill or disagreeable. [Obs.]Dangerous conceits are, in their natures, poisons, Which at the arescarce found to distaste. Shak.

#50767

PREACHERSHIP

The office of a preacher. "The preachership of the Rolls."Macaulay.

#50461

COMPINGE

To compress; to shut up. [Obs.] Burton.

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MANUFACTURE

To be employed in manufacturing something.

#9046

BOUSE

To drink immoderately; to carouse; to booze. See Booze.

#67736

EPICURELY

Luxuriously. Nash.

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STARFINCH

The European redstart.

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ACRANIAL

Wanting a skull.