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30/09/2025

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SEMILIGNEOUS

Half or partially ligneous, as a stem partly woody and partlyherbaceous.

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PERSPECTOGRAPH

An instrument for obtaining, and transferring to a picture, thepoints and outlines of objects, so as to represent them in theirproper geometrical relations as viewed from some one point.

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MOCKINGLY

By way of derision; in a contemptuous or mocking manner.

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PASTICCIO

A small cone or mass made of paste of gum, benzoin, cinnamon,and other aromatics, -- used for fumigating or scenting the air of aroom.

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UNGIRD

To loose the girdle or band of; to unbind; to unload.He ungirded his camels. Gen. xxiv. 32.

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COVERER

One who, or that which, covers.

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KOSMOS

See Cosmos. Gladstone.

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INDIGOMETRY

The art or method of determining the coloring power of indigo.

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PROSPECTLESS

Having no prospect.

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ALALIA

Inability to utter articulate sounds, due either to paralysisof the larynx or to that form of aphasia, called motor, or ataxis,aphasia, due to loss of control of the muscles of speech.

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OXYGENIUM

The technical name of oxygen. [R.]

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WEAL-BALANCED

Balanced or considered with reference to public weal. [Obs.]Shak.