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25/09/2025

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CALMER

One who, or that which, makes calm.

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VALISE

A small sack or case, usually of leather, but sometimes ofother material, for containing the clothes, toilet articles, etc., ofa traveler; a traveling bag; a portmanteau.

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STAGGERINGLY

In a staggering manner.

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HOLOTHURIAN

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PROCTOR

One who is employed to manage to affairs of another.Specifically:(a) A person appointed to collect alms for those who could not go outto beg for themselves, as lepers, the bedridden, etc.; hence abeggar. [Obs.] Nares.(b) (Eng. Law) An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiasticalcauses. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor inequity. Wharton.(c) (Ch. of Eng.) A representative of the clergy in convocation.(d) An officer in a university or college whose duty it is to enforceobedience to the laws of the institution.

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BASHYLE

See Basyle.

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APPARITOR

A messenger or officer who serves the process of anecclesiastical court. Bouvier.

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CLUNIAC

A monk of the reformed branch of the Benedictine Order, foundedin 912 at Cluny (or Clugny) in France.-- Also used as a.

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INEXTERMINABLE

Incapable of extermination. Rush.

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CORRUPTNESS

The quality of being corrupt.

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FULNESS

See Fullness.

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COW-PILOT

A handsomely banded, coral-reef fish, of Florida and the WestIndies (Pomacentrus saxatilis); -- called also mojarra.