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27/04/2026

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NUTRITIVE

Of or pertaining to nutrition; as, the nutritive functions;having the quality of nourishing; nutritious; nutrimental; alimental;as, nutritive food or berries. Nutritive plasma. (Biol.) SeeIdioplasma.-- Nutritive polyp (Zoöl.), any one of the zooids of a compoundhydroid, or coral, which has a mouth and digestive cavity.-- Nu"tri*tive*ly, adv.-- Nu"tri*tive*ness, n.

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UNDULL

To remove the dullness of; to clear. [Obs.] Whitlock.

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ALECTOROMANCY

See Alectryomancy.

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ROUND-UP

The act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle byriding around them and driving them in. [Western U.S.]

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IFERE

Together. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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HELLBREWED

Prepared in hell. Milton.

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FEARFULLY

In a fearful manner.

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INSANITATION

Lack of sanitation; careless or dangerous hygienic conditions.

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COMPENSATOR

An iron plate or magnet placed near the compass on iron vesselsto neutralize the effect of the ship's attraction on the needle.

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SUCCADE

Sweetmeats, or preserves in sugar, whether fruit, vegetables,or confections. Blakely. Succade gourd. (Bot.) Same as Vegetablemarrow, under Vegetable.

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FENNEL

A perennial plant of the genus Fæniculum (F.vulgare), havingvery finely divided leaves. It is cultivated in gardens for theagreeable aromatic flavor of its seeds.Smell of sweetest fennel. Milton.A sprig of fennel was in fact the theological smelling bottle of thetender sex. S. G. Goodrich.Azorean, or Sweet, fennel, (Fæniculum dulce). It is a smaller andstouter plant than the common fennel, and is used as a pot herb.-- Dog's fennel (Anthemis Cotula), a foul-smelling European weed; --called also mayweed.-- Fennel flower (Bot.), an herb (Nigella) of the Buttercup family,having leaves finely divided, like those of the fennel. N.Damascenais common in gardens. N.sativa furnishes the fennel seed, used as acondiment, etc., in India. These seeds are the "fitches" mentioned inIsaiah (xxviii. 25).-- Fennel water (Med.), the distilled water of fennel seed. It isstimulant and carminative.-- Giant fennel (Ferula communis), has stems full of pith, which, itis said, were used to carry fire, first, by Prometheus.-- Hog's fennel, a European plant (Peucedanum officinale) lookingsomething like fennel.

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FINGER

To use the fingers in playing on an instrument. Busby.