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05/03/2026

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NOBLENESS

The quality or state of being noble; greatness; dignity;magnanimity; elevation of mind, character, or station; nobility;grandeur; stateliness.His purposes are full honesty, nobleness, and integrity. Jer. Taylor.

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FIDGETY

Restless; uneasy. Lowell.

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LAMAIC

Of or pertaining to Lamaism.

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ABEVACUATION

A partial evacuation. Mayne.

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WEEN

To think; to imagine; to fancy. [Obs. or Poetic] Spenser.Milton.I have lost more than thou wenest. Chaucer.For well I ween, Never before in the bowers of light Had the form ofan earthly fay been seen. J. R. Drake.Though never a dream the roses sent Of science or love's compliment,I ween they smelt as sweet. Mrs. Browning.

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SECOND-CLASS

Of the rank or degree below the best highest; inferior; second-rate; as, a second-class house; a second-class passage.

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NAPHTHENE

A peculiar hydrocarbon occuring as an ingredient of Caucasianpetroleum.

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VERITAS

The Bureau Veritas. See under Bureau.

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CRASTINATION

Procrastination; a putting off till to-morrow. [Obs.]

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VELITATION

A dispute or contest; a slight contest; a skirmish. [R.] Sir M.Hale.After a short velitation we parted. Evelyn.

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RELAPSER

One who relapses. Bp. Hall.

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FLEET

To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.