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31/08/2025

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WAXBERRY

The wax-covered fruit of the wax myrtle, or bayberry. SeeBayberry, and Candleberry tree.

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COOPERING

Work done by a cooper in making or repairing barrels, casks,etc.; the business of a cooper.

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FELLOWLIKE

Like a companion; companionable; on equal terms; sympathetic.[Obs.] Udall.

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UNDISCREET

Indiscreet. Chaucer.-- Un`dis*creet"ly, adv.-- -- Un`dis*creet"ness.-- Un`dis*cre"tion, n. Indiscretion.

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UNCONSIDERATE

Inconsiderate; heedless; careless. [Obs.] Daniel.-- Un`con*sid"er*ate*ness, n. [Obs.] Hales.

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MANUTENENCY

Maintenance. [Obs.] Abp. Sancroft.

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INCOMMENSURABILITY

The quality or state of being incommensurable. Reid.

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STEAROLIC

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acetyleneseries, isologous with stearis acid, and obtained, as a whitecrystalline substance, from oleïc acid.

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THOUSAND LEGS

A millepid, or galleyworm; -- called also thousand-legged worm.

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SIRVENTE

A peculiar species of poetry, for the most part devoted tomoral and religious topics, and commonly satirical, -- often used bythe troubadours of the Middle Ages.

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SARCOLEMMA

The very thin transparent and apparently homogenous sheathwhich incloses a striated muscular fiber; the myolemma.

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INESCATE

To allure; to lay a bait for. [Obs.]To inescate and beguile young women! Burton.