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26/08/2025

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VANFESS

A ditch on the outside of the counterscarp, usually full ofwater.

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CETIN

A white, waxy substance, forming the essential part ofspermaceti.

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PORBEAGLE

A species of shark (Lamna cornubica), about eight feet long,having a pointed nose and a crescent-shaped tail; -- called alsomackerel shark. [Written also probeagle.]

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ORGY

A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See Orgies

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DRUIDISM

The system of religion, philosophy, and instruction, receivedand taught by the Druids; the rites and ceremonies of the Druids.

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STITCH

A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of theneedle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance.You have gone a good stitch. Bunyan.In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take nodeep stitch in making their furrows. Holland.

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TESTIMONIAL

Relating to, or containing, testimony.

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SILUROID

Belonging to the Siluroidei, or Nematognathi, an order offishes including numerous species, among which are the Americancatfishes and numerous allied fresh-water species of the Old World,as the sheatfish (Silurus glanis) of Europe.-- n.

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INOCERAMUS

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

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BULL BRIER

A species of Smilax (S. Pseudo-China) growing from New Jerseyto the Gulf of Mexico, which has very large tuberous and farinaceousrootstocks, formerly used by the Indians for a sort of bread, and bythe negroes as an ingredient in making beer; -- called also bamboobrier and China brier.

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ABSONOUS

Discordant; inharmonious; incongruous. [Obs.] "Absonous to ourreason." Glanvill.

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UROPYGIAL

Of or pertaining to the uropygium, or prominence at the base ofthe tail feathers, in birds. Uropygial gland, a peculiar sebaceousgland at the base of the tail feathers in most birds. It secretes anoily fluid which is spread over the feathers by preening.