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19/04/2026

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ASTACUS

ASTACUS

A genus of crustaceans, containing the crawfish of fresh-waterlobster of Europe, and allied species of western North America. SeeCrawfish.

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VIDUATION

VIDUATION

The state of being widowed or bereaved; loss; bereavement. [R.]

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DEPURATION

DEPURATION

The act or process of depurating or freeing from foreign orimpure matter, as a liquid or wound.

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OCTAPLA

OCTAPLA

A portion of the Old Testament prepared by Origen in the 3dcentury, containing the Hebrew text and seven Greek versions of it,arranged in eight parallel columns.

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EXTERRANEOUS

EXTERRANEOUS

Foreign; belonging to, or coming from, abroad.

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DAYBREAK

DAYBREAK

The time of the first appearance of light in the morning.

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SLICER

SLICER

One who, or that which, slices; specifically, the circular sawof the lapidary.

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PHOSPHURET

PHOSPHURET

A phosphide. [Obsoles.]

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SHENDSHIP

SHENDSHIP

Harm; ruin; also, reproach; disgrace. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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DEVICEFULLY

DEVICEFULLY

In a deviceful manner. [R.]

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FLORIATED

FLORIATED

Having floral ornaments; as, floriated capitals of Gothicpillars.

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BRINY

BRINY

Of or pertaining to brine, or to the sea; partaking of thenature of brine; salt; as, a briny taste; the briny flood.