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20/12/2025

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DOMINO

A game played by two or more persons, with twenty-eight piecesof wood, bone, or ivory, of a flat, oblong shape, plain at the back,but on the face divided by a line in the middle, and either leftblank or variously dotted after the manner of dice. The game isplayed by matching the spots or the blank of an unmatched half of adomino already played Hoyle.

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PROPUGNATION

Means of defense; defense. [Obs.] Shak.

#79813

CAPELLET

A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heelof the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying dowm.

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CONCORDABLE

Capable of according; agreeing; harmonious.

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PACIFICABLE

Placable. [R.] Bp. Hall.

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TICKLENBURG

A coarse, mixed linen fabric made to be sold in the WestIndies.

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POT LEAD

Graphite, or black lead, often used on the bottoms of racingvessels to diminish friction.

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OJIBWAYS

Same as Chippeways.

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SINGING

from Sing, v. Singing bird. (Zoöl.) (a) Popularly, any birdthat sings; a song bird. (b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines.-- Singing book, a book containing music for singing; a book oftunes.-- Singing falcon or hawk. (Zoöl.) See Chanting falcon, underChanting.-- Singing fish (Zoöl.), a California toadfish (Porichthysporosissimus).-- Singing flame (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal gas,burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the air within thetube in vibration, causing sound. The apparatus is called alsochemical harmonicon.-- Singing master, a man who teaches vocal music.-- Singing school, a school in which persons are instructed insinging.

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PEGROOTS

Same as Setterwort.

#53177

GAGGLE

To make a noise like a goose; to cackle. Bacon.

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IRRUGATE

To wrinkle. [Obs.]