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02/07/2025

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CARCAJOU

CARCAJOU

The wolverence; -- also applied, but erroneously, to the Canadalynx, and sometimes to the American badger. See Wolverene.

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BEFORTUNE

BEFORTUNE

To befall. [Poetic]I wish all good befortune you. Shak.

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SQUATTY

SQUATTY

Squat; dumpy. J. Burroughs.

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LIFESOME

LIFESOME

Animated; sprightly. [Poetic] Coleridge.-- Life"some*ness, n.

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OLIVE

OLIVE

An olivary body. See under Olivary.

#70914

POOR-WILL

POOR-WILL

A bird of the Western United States (Phalænoptilus Nutalli)allied to the whip-poor-will.

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INSUCCESS

INSUCCESS

Want of success. [R.] Feltham.

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PARAMYLUM

PARAMYLUM

A substance resembling starch, found in the green frothy scumformed on the surface of stagnant water.

#20856

LYONNAISE

LYONNAISE

Applied to boiled potatoes cut into small pieces and heated inoil or butter. They are usually flavored with onion and parsley.

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INOCERAMUS

INOCERAMUS

An extinct genus of large, fossil, bivalve shells,allied to themussels. The genus is characteristic of the Cretaceous period.

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PLUVIAMETRICAL

PLUVIAMETRICAL

See Pluviometrical.

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ACADEMICALLY

ACADEMICALLY

In an academical manner.