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19/04/2026
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ASTACUS
ASTACUS
A genus of crustaceans, containing the crawfish of fresh-waterlobster of Europe, and allied species of western North America. SeeCrawfish.
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VIDUATION
VIDUATION
The state of being widowed or bereaved; loss; bereavement. [R.]
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DEPURATION
DEPURATION
The act or process of depurating or freeing from foreign orimpure matter, as a liquid or wound.
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OCTAPLA
OCTAPLA
A portion of the Old Testament prepared by Origen in the 3dcentury, containing the Hebrew text and seven Greek versions of it,arranged in eight parallel columns.
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EXTERRANEOUS
EXTERRANEOUS
Foreign; belonging to, or coming from, abroad.
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DAYBREAK
DAYBREAK
The time of the first appearance of light in the morning.
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SLICER
SLICER
One who, or that which, slices; specifically, the circular sawof the lapidary.
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PHOSPHURET
PHOSPHURET
A phosphide. [Obsoles.]
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SHENDSHIP
SHENDSHIP
Harm; ruin; also, reproach; disgrace. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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DEVICEFULLY
DEVICEFULLY
In a deviceful manner. [R.]
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FLORIATED
FLORIATED
Having floral ornaments; as, floriated capitals of Gothicpillars.
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BRINY
BRINY
Of or pertaining to brine, or to the sea; partaking of thenature of brine; salt; as, a briny taste; the briny flood.