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13/02/2026

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VERMIL

See Vermeil. [Obs.] Spenser.

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PITY

To be compassionate; to show pity.I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy. Jer. xiii. 14.

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THERMIFUGINE

An artificial alkaloid of complex composition, resemblingthalline and used as an antipyretic, -- whence its name.

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POLITICLY

In a politic manner; sagaciously; shrewdly; artfully. Pope.

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DRAVIDA

A race Hindostan, believed to be the original people whooccupied the land before the Hindoo or Aryan invasion.

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GUTTA

One of a series of ornaments, in the form of a frustum of acone, attached to the lower part of the triglyphs, and also to thelower faces of the mutules, in the Doric order; -- called alsocampana, and drop. Gutta serena Etym: [L., lit. serene or clear drop](Med.), amaurosis.-- Guttæ band (Arch.), the listel or band from which the guttæ hang.

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SOREDIUM

A patch of granular bodies on the surface of the thallus oflichens.

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OBLIGOR

The person who binds himself, or gives his bond to another.Blackstone.

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LADEMAN

One who leads a pack horse; a miller's servant. [Obs. or Local]

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HELMETED

Wearing a helmet; furnished with or having a helmet or helmet-shaped part; galeate.

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PAP

A nipple; a mammilla; a teat. Dryden.The paps which thou hast sucked. Luke xi. 27.

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RESTRAINER

One who, or that which, restrains.