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12/05/2025

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WHITSTER

A whitener; a bleacher; a whitester. [Obs.]The whitsters in Datchet mead. Shak.

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SLOOMY

Sluggish; slow. [Prov. Eng.]

#13555

SHOCK-HEADED

Having a thick and bushy head of hair.

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ICELAND MOSS

A kind of lichen (Cetraria Icelandica) found from the Arcticregions to the North Temperate zone. It furnishes a nutritious jellyand other forms of food, and is used in pulmonary complaints as ademulcent.

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LOGODAEDALY

Verbal legerdemain; a playing with words. [R.] Coleridge.

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STILLIFORM

Having the form of a drop. Owen.

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BENZOINATED

Containing or impregnated with benzoin; as, benzoinated lard.

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ANTI

A prefix meaning against, opposite or opposed to, contrary, orin place of; -- used in composition in many English words. It isoften shortened to ant-; as, antacid, antarctic.

#29736

HOLD

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, inwhich the cargo is stowed.

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SATURNIST

A person of a dull, grave, gloomy temperament. W. browne.

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DEFATIGATE

To weary or tire out; to fatigue. [R.] Sir T. Herbert.

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INHEARSE

To put in, or as in, a hearse or coffin. Shak.