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08/09/2025

#19281

TO-REND

To rend in pieces. [Obs.]The wolf hath many a sheep and lamb to-rent. Chaucer.

#17129

UPGROW

To grow up. [R.] Milton.

#70782

PAY

To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with taror pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

#53497

FROGGY

Abounding in frogs. Sherwood.

#71108

NEO-LAMARCKISM

Lamarckism as revived, modified, and expounded by recentbiologists, esp. as maintaining that the offspring inheritscharacters acquired by the parent from change of environment, use ordisuse of parts, etc.; -- opposed of Neo-Darwinism (which see,above). -- Ne`o-La*marck"i*an, a. & n.

#79075

MIRRORSCOPE

See Projector, below.

#73014

DIAPEDESIS

The passage of the corpuscular elements of the blood from theblood vessels into the surrounding tissues, without rupture of thewalls of the blood vessels.

#210

ANTIPYRESIS

The condition or state of being free from fever.

#77656

BIBULOUSLY

In a bibulous manner; with profuse imbibition or absorption. DeQuincey.

#15886

TORMENTIL

A rosaceous herb (Potentilla Tormentilla), the root of which isused as a powerful astringent, and for alleviating gripes, ortormina, in diarrhea.

#6783

EXTRAMURAL

Outside of the walls, as of a fortified or walled city.

#79366

CRAVER

One who craves or begs.