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16/08/2025
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GONOCALYX
GONOCALYX
The bell of a sessile gonozooid.
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WEARISOME
WEARISOME
Causing weariness; tiresome; tedious; weariful; as, a wearisomemarch; a wearisome day's work; a wearisome book.These high wild hills and rough uneven ways Draws out our miles, andmakes them wearisome. Shak.
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DEMONIAN
DEMONIAN
Relating to, or having the nature of, a demon. "Demonianspirits." Milton.
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DEKLE
DEKLE
See Deckle.
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ON DIT
ON DIT
They say, or it is said.-- n.
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FERDNESS
FERDNESS
Fearfulness. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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SARDOIN
SARDOIN
Sard; carnelian.
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SWERVE
SWERVE
To turn aside. Gauden.
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RIEF
RIEF
Robbery. [Obs. or Scot.]
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SLIPTHRIFT
SLIPTHRIFT
A spendthrift. [Obs.]
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LAMETTA
LAMETTA
Foil or wire made of gold, silver, or brass. De Colange.
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CHROMATIC
CHROMATIC
Proceeding by the smaller intervals (half steps or semitones)of the scale, instead of the regular intervals of the diatonic scale.