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21/06/2025
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UNALIST
UNALIST
An ecclesiastical who holds but one benefice; -- distinguishedfrom pluralist. [Eng.] V. Knox.
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PICTURABLE
PICTURABLE
Capable of being pictured, or represented by a picture.
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TRAWLBOAT
TRAWLBOAT
A boat used in fishing with trawls or trawlnets.
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PLAYGOING
PLAYGOING
Frequenting playhouses; as, the playgoing public.-- n.
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EPICEDIAL
EPICEDIAL
Elegiac; funereal.
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MICROSPECTROSCOPE
MICROSPECTROSCOPE
A spectroscope arranged for attachment to a microscope, forobservation of the spectrum of light from minute portions of anysubstance.
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EXCLUSIVE
EXCLUSIVE
One of a coterie who exclude others; one who from real ofaffected fastidiousness limits his acquaintance to a select few.
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EQUIVOCATOR
EQUIVOCATOR
One who equivocates.Here's an equivocator that could swear in both the scales againsteither scale, yet could not equivocate to heaven. Shak.
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BEJAPE
BEJAPE
To jape; to laugh at; to deceive. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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MNEMONICIAN
MNEMONICIAN
One who instructs in the art of improving or using the memory.
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FRAIL
FRAIL
A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs andraisins.
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FLEME
FLEME
To banish; to drive out; to expel. [Obs.] "Appetite flemethdiscretion." Chaucer.