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04/12/2025

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PRECONIZATION

A formal approbation by the pope of a person nominated to anecclesiastical dignity. Addis & Arnold.

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JUBA

The mane of an animal.

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SPEECHIFY

To make a speech; to harangue. [Used derisively or humorously.]

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SYMBOLOGY

The art of expressing by symbols.

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FLANK

That part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to theface, and defends the curtain, the flank and face of the oppositebastion; any part of a work defending another by a fire along theoutside of its parapet. See Illust. of Bastion.

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JARGLE

To emit a harsh or discordant sound. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

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HIGH-EMBOWED

Having lofty arches. "The high-embowed roof." Milton.

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GRAITH

See Greith. Chaucer.

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ALLER

Same as Alder, of all. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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SCUFF

The back part of the neck; the scruff. [Prov. Eng.] Ld. Lytton.

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RENCOUNTER

To meet unexpectedly; to encounter in a hostile manner; to comein collision; to skirmish.

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DISTENSIBILITY

The quality or capacity of being distensible. [R.]