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24/04/2026

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POWDERFLASK

POWDERFLASK

A flask in which gunpowder is carried, having a charging tubeat the end.

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HOUP

HOUP

See Hoopoe. [Obs.]

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MULTIAXIAL

MULTIAXIAL

Having more than one axis; developing in more than a singleline or plain; -- opposed to Ant: monoaxial.

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EYEHOLE

EYEHOLE

A circular opening to recive a hook, cord, ring, or rope; aneyelet.

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COTTAGE

COTTAGE

A small house; a cot; a hut.

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OVERRULING

OVERRULING

Exerting controlling power; as, an overruling Providence.-- O`ver*rul"ing*ly, adv.

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SOLEMNLY

SOLEMNLY

In a solemn manner; with gravity; seriously; formally.There in deaf murmurs solemnly are wise. Dryden.I do solemnly assure the reader. Swift.

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GLOBULARNESS

GLOBULARNESS

Sphericity; globosity.

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FORECONCEIVE

FORECONCEIVE

To preconceive; to imagine beforehand. [Obs.] Bacon.

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DAMIANA

DAMIANA

A Mexican drug, used as an aphrodisiac.

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PAPPOUS

PAPPOUS

Pappose.

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SCRUPLE

SCRUPLE

To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, onaccount of considerations of conscience or expedience.We are often over-precise, scrupling to say or do those things whichlawfully we may. Fuller.Men scruple at the lawfulness of a set form of divine worship. South.