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14/11/2024

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VASODENTINE

VASODENTINE

A modified form of dentine, which is permeated by bloodcapillaries; vascular dentine.

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FRUCTIFY

FRUCTIFY

To bear fruit. "Causeth the earth to fructify." Beveridge.

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FRANC-TIREUR

FRANC-TIREUR

A French partisan soldier, or one belonging to a corps ofdetached light troops engaged in forays, skirmishes, scouting, etc.

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GRALLAE

GRALLAE

An order of birds which formerly included all the waders. Bylater writers it is usually restricted to the sandpipers, plovers,and allied forms; -- called also Grallatores.

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GERMIPARITY

GERMIPARITY

Reproduction by means of germs.

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RELATIONIST

RELATIONIST

A relative; a relation. [Obs.]

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EDGY

EDGY

Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, toosharply defined. "An edgy style of sculpture." Hazlitt.

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LOCUTION

LOCUTION

Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression. "Stumbling locutions." G. Eliot.I hate these figures in locution, These about phrases forced byceremony. Marston.

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ESCURIAL

ESCURIAL

A palace and mausoleum of the kinds of Spain, being a vast andwonderful structure about twenty-five miles northwest of Madrid.

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FOTHER

FOTHER

To stop (a leak in a ship at sea) by drawing under its bottom athrummed sail, so that the pressure of the water may force it intothe crack. Totten.

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ACULEATE

ACULEATE

Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle.

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AUDIBLE

AUDIBLE

Capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actuallyheard; as, an audible voice or whisper.