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06/01/2026

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SALVATORY

A place where things are preserved; a repository. [R.] Sir M.Hale.

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INFUSCATED

Darkened with a blackish tinge.

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DRAINER

One who, or that which, drains.

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UMHOFO

An African two-horned rhinoceros (Atelodus, or Rhinoceros,simus); -- called also chukuru, and white rhinoceros.

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TRIARTICULATE

Having three joints.

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METALLIC

Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, the essential andimplied properties of a metal, as contrasted with a nonmetal ormetalloid; basic; antacid; positive. Metallic iron, iron in the stateof the metal, as distinquished from its ores, as magnetic iron.-- Metallic paper, paper covered with a thin solution of lime,whiting, and size. When written upon with a pewter or brass pencil,the lines can hardly be effaced.-- Metallic tinking (Med.), a sound heard in the chest, when acavity communicating with the air passages contains both air andliquid.

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SCRIPPAGE

The contents of a scrip, or wallet. [Obs.] Shak.

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IMPUNITY

Exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss.Heaven, though slow to wrath, Is neimpunity defied. Cowper.The impunity and also the recompense. Holland.

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BRANCHLET

A little branch; a twig.

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HEARTSWELLING

Rankling in, or swelling, the heart. "Heartswelling hate."Spenser.

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THAMNOPHILE

A bush shrike.

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ABANDUM

Anything forfeited or confiscated.