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07/01/2026

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AESCULAPIAN

Pertaining to Æsculapius or to the healing art; medical;medicinal.

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MEMBRANIFEROUS

Having or producing membranes.

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TANIST

In Ireland, a lord or proprietor of a tract of land or of acastle, elected by a family, under the system of tanistry.This family [the O'Hanlons] were tanists of a large territory withinthe present county of Armagh. M. A. Lower.

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CUSHIONET

A little cushion.

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IMMACULATE

Without stain or blemish; spotless; undefiled; clear; pure.Were but my soul as pure From other guilt as that, Heaven did nothold One more immaculate. Denham.Thou sheer, immaculate and silver fountain. Shak.Immaculate conception (R. C. Ch.), the doctrine that the Virgin Marywas conceived without original sin.-- Im*mac"u*late*ly, adv.-- Im*mac"u*late*ness, n.

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DOTTING PEN

See under Pun.

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HAIRWORM

A nematoid worm of the genus Gordius, resembling a hair. SeeGordius.

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PANTALET

One of the legs of the loose drawers worn by children andwomen; particularly, the lower part of such a garment, coming belowthe knee, often made in a separate piece; -- chiefly in the plural.

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TARTARINE

Potassium carbonate, obtained by the incineration of tartar.[Obs.]

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STATIONERY

The articles usually sold by stationers, as paper, pens, ink,quills, blank books, etc.

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UNDERGROW

To grow to an inferior, or less than the usual, size or height.Wyclif.

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DISFRIAR

To depose or withdraw from the condition of a friar. [Obs.]Many did quickly unnun and disfriar themselves. Fuller.