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24/06/2025
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TRUE-PENNY
TRUE-PENNY
An honest fellow. Shak. Bacon.
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UNQUIET
UNQUIET
To disquiet. [Obs.] Ld. Herbert.
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STRIA
STRIA
A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like.Oxf. Gloss.
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HESSITE
HESSITE
A lead-gray sectile mineral. It is a telluride of silver.
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STENCHY
STENCHY
Having a stench. [Obs.] Dyer.
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ABSOLVENT
ABSOLVENT
Absolving. [R.] Carlyle.
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HADE
HADE
The inclination or deviation from the vertical of any mineralvein.
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NEUROCITY
NEUROCITY
Nerve force.
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MELANOSPERM
MELANOSPERM
An alga of any kind that produces blackish spores, or seeddust. The melanosperms include the rockweeds and all kinds of kelp.-- Mel`a*no*sper"mous, a.
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VERMILION
VERMILION
A bright red pigment consisting of mercuric sulphide, obtainedeither from the mineral cinnabar or artificially. It has a fine redcolor, and is much used in coloring sealing wax, in printing, etc.
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PARTHENIAD
PARTHENIAD
A poem in honor of a virgin. [Obs.]
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DYER
DYER
One whose occupation is to dye cloth and the like. Dyer'sbroom, Dyer's rocket, Dyer's weed. See Dyer's broom, under Broom.