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07/10/2025

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ICHTHYOSAUR

One of the Ichthyosaura.

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THRUMWORT

A kind of amaranth (Amarantus caudatus). Dr. Prior.

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BREGMA

The point of junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures ofthe skull.

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LEANLY

Meagerly; without fat or plumpness.

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COUNTERSTEP

A contrary method of procedure; opposite course of action.

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NATIVE

Any of the live stock found in a region, as distinguished fromsuch as belong to pure and distinct imported breeds. [U.S.]

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OBLONGISH

Somewhat oblong.

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NARCOTICAL

Narcotic.-- Nar*cot"ic*al*ly, adv.

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INCOMITY

Want of comity; incivility; rudeness. [R.]

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GLASS-FACED

Mirror-faced; reflecting the sentiments of another. [R.] "Theglass-faced flatterer." Shak.

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ENQUICKEN

To quicken; to make alive. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

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SUPRALAPSARIAN

One of that class of Calvinists who believed that God's decreeof election determined that man should fall, in order that theopportunity might be furnished of securing the redemption of a partof the race, the decree of salvation being conceived of as formedbefore or beyond, and not after or following, the lapse, or fall. Cf.Infralapsarian.