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12/08/2025

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PONTILE

Of or pertaining to the pons Varolii. See Pons.

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CROZIER

See Crosier.

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COLLATERAL

Descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not in the sameline or branch or one from the other; -- opposed to lineal.

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TIMELING

A timeserver. [Obs.]

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IMPAIRER

One who, or that which, impairs.

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HAMMER-BEAM

A member of one description of roof truss, called hammer-beamtruss, which is so framed as not to have a tiebeam at the top of thewall. Each principal has two hammer-beams, which occupy thesituation, and to some extent serve the purpose, of a tiebeam.

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ORIGIN

The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixedduring contraction; -- in contradistinction to insertion. Origin ofcoördinate axes (Math.), the point where the axes intersect. See Noteunder Ordinate.

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REAPPORTIONMENT

A second or a new apportionment.

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ACCOUNTANTSHIP

The office or employment of an accountant.

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BEFRILL

To furnish or deck with a frill.

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POPULARIZE

To make popular; to make suitable or acceptable to the commonpeople; to make generally known; as, to popularize philosophy. "Thepopularizing of religious teaching." Milman.

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STORGE

Parental affection; the instinctive affection which animalshave for their young.