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06/09/2025

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HINDERANCE

Same as Hindrance.

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AGNIZE

To recognize; to acknowledge. [Archaic]I do agnize a natural and prompt alacrity. Shak.

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SWEEPAGE

The crop of hay got in a meadow. [Prov. Eng.]

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METOPE

The space between two triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which,among the ancients, was often adorned with carved work. See Illust.of Entablature.

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OCTAHEDRON

A solid bounded by eight faces. The regular octahedron iscontained by eight equal equilateral triangles.

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REGALER

One who regales.

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SASHERY

A collection of sashes; ornamentation by means of sashes. [R.]Distinguished by their sasheries and insignia. Carlyle.

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CANDEROS

An East Indian resin, of a pellucid white color, from whichsmall ornaments and toys are sometimes made.

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CLYSMIAN

Connected with, or related to, the deluge, or to a cataclysm;as, clysmian changes. Smart.

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HAWK MOTH

Any moth of the family Sphingidæ, of which there are numerousgenera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostlyat twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking thehoney by means of a long, slender proboscis. The larvæ are large,hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright colors,and often with a caudal spine. See Sphinx, also Tobacco worm, andTomato worm. Tobacco Hawk Moth (Macrosila Carolina), and its Larva,the Tobacco Worm.

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CONCAVITY

A concave surface, or the space bounded by it; the state ofbeing concave.

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TYPEWRITE

To write with a typewriter. [Recent]