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28/06/2025

#13001

FRAISE

A large and thick pancake, with slices of bacon in it. [Obs.]Johnson.

#26205

TORTRIX

Any one of numerous species of small moths of the familyTortricidæ, the larvæ of which usually roll up the leaves of plantson which they live; -- also called leaf roller.

#8995

SLAVER

To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth; to defile withdrivel; to slabber.

#9478

LUBRICATION

The act of lubricating; the act of making slippery.

#59274

ANNALS

The record of a single event or item. "In deathless annal."Young.

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POLYPHYLETIC

Pertaining to, or characterized by, descent from more than oneroot form, or from many different root forms; polygenetic; -- opposedto Ant: monophyletic.

#62004

CACOETHES

A bad quality or disposition in a disease; an incurable ulcer.

#12324

SORWE

Sorrow. [Obs.] Chaucer.

#43302

CARUCATE

A plowland; as much land as one team can plow in a year and aday; -- by some said to be about 100 acres. Burrill.

#61889

HAUTBOY

A wind instrument, sounded through a reed, and similar in shapeto the clarinet, but with a thinner tone. Now more commonly calledoboe. See Illust. of Oboe.

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SINEWOUS

Sinewy. [Obs.] Holinshed.

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LATROCINY

Theft; larceny. [Obs.]