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28/09/2025

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ASPECTION

The act of viewing; a look. [Obs.]

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LOBEFOOT

A bird having lobate toes; esp., a phalarope.

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UVULAR

Of or pertaining to a uvula.

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ASTATE

Estate; state. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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JOCANTRY

The act or practice of jesting. [Obs.]

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HYACINTHINE

Belonging to the hyacinth; resemblingthe hyacinth; in colorlike the hyacinth. Milton.His curling locks like hyacinthine flowers. Cowper.The hyacinthine boy, for whom Morn well might break and April bloom.Emerson.

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MESSET

A dog. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

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IMPOSE

To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmationand ordination.

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GOOD-LOOKING

Handsome.

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OUTJET

That which jets out or projects from anything. [R.] H. Miller.

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BOOTY

That which is seized by violence or obtained by robbery,especially collective spoil taken in war; plunder; pillage. Milton.To play booty, to play dishonestly, with an intent to lose; to allowone's adversary to win at cards at first, in order to induce him tocontinue playing and victimize him afterwards. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

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NEVEN

To name; to mention; to utter. [Obs.]As oft I heard my lord them neven. Chaucer.