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08/01/2026

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GINGLYMODI

An order of ganoid fishes, including the modern gar pikes andmany allied fossil forms. They have rhombic, ganoid scales, aheterocercal tail, paired fins without an axis, fulcra on the fins,and a bony skeleton, with the vertebræ convex in front and concavebehind, forming a ball and socket joint. See Ganoidel.

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KABOOK

A clay ironstone found in Ceylon.

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BARGEBOARD

A vergeboard.

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MILVUS

A genus of raptorial birds, including the European kite.

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FURFUROUS

Made of bran; furfuraceous. [R.] "Furfurous bread." SydneySmith.

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PREPROVIDE

To provide beforehand. "The materials preprovided." Fuller.

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DISSYMMETRY

Absence or defect of symmetry; asymmetry.

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TOTTY

Unsteady; dizzy; tottery. [Obs.or Prov. Eng.] Sir W. Scott.For yet his noule [head] was totty of the must. Spenser.

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HOUSE

A firm, or commercial establishment.

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NONSOLVENCY

Inability to pay debts; insolvency.

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CONTRAROTATION

Circular motion in a direction contrary to some other circularmotion.

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DISFAVORABLE

Unfavorable. [Obs.] Stow.