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29/04/2025

#11977

SNOOZE

A short sleep; a nap. [Colloq.]

#16191

NOIL

A short or waste piece or knot of wool separated from thelonger staple by combing; also, a similar piece or shred of wastesilk.

#53760

MANSLAUGHTER

The unlawful killing of a man, either in negligenc

#71431

BABILLARD

The lesser whitethroat of Europe; -- called also babblingwarbler.

#18714

MUNICIPALISM

Municipal condition.

#27495

WREATH

An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting thecrest (see Illust. of Crest). It generally represents a twist of twocords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other likethe principal color in the arms.

#36454

ILIO-

A combining form used in anatomy to denote connection with, orrelation to, the ilium; as, ilio-femoral, ilio-lumbar, ilio-psoas,etc.

#70532

OVERKNOWING

Too knowing or too cunning.

#22986

PUMICED

Affected with a kind of chronic laminitis in which there is agrowth of soft spongy horn between the coffin bone and the hoof wall.The disease is called pumiced foot, or pumice foot.

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EARLAP

The lobe of the ear.

#23803

PLEBIFICATION

A rendering plebeian; the act of vulgarizing. [R.]You begin with the attempt to popularize learning . . . but you willend in the plebification of knowledge. Coleridge.

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ELECTRO-THERAPEUTICS

The branch of medical science which treats of the applicationsagent.