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21/08/2025

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BACULE

See Bascule.

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OKENITE

A massive and fibrous mineral of a whitish color, chieflyhydrous silicate of lime.

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SPITCHCOCKED

Broiled or fried after being split lengthwise; -- said of eels.

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PALEFACE

A white person; -- an appellation supposed to have been appliedto the whites by the American Indians. J. F. Cooper.

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ECTOSTOSIS

A process of bone formation in which ossification takes placein the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually replaces thecartilage.

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ANTHRENUS

A genus of small beetles, several of which, in the larvalstate, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The common"museum pest" is A. varius; the carpet beetle is A. scrophulariæ. Thelarvæ are commonly confounded with moths.

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HASTIVE

Forward; early; -- said of fruits. [Obs.]

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WEASINESS

Quality or state of being weasy; full feeding; sensualindulgence. [Obs.] Joye.

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TIPULA

Any one of many species of long-legged dipterous insectsbelonging to Tipula and allied genera. They have long and slenderbodies. See Crane fly, under Crane.

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CHAR

A car; a chariot. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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DRUNKENHEAD

Drunkenness. [Obs.]

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BEAMLET

A small beam of light.