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CORNEOCALCAREOUS

Formed of a mixture of horny and calcareous materials, as someshells and corals.

PRETENDED

Making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended friend.-- Pre*tend"ed*ly, adv.

FOREWEND

To go before. [Obs.] Spenser.

OVERCONFIDENT

Confident to excess.-- O"ver*con"fi*dent*ly, adv.

CAUDATA

See Urodela.

ENISLED

Placed alone or apart, as if on an island; severed, as anisland. [R.] "In the sea of life enisled." M. Arnold.

DISPUTATIVE

Disposed to dispute; inclined to cavil or to reason inopposition; as, a disputative temper. I. Watts.

AEROSE

Of the nature of, or like, copper; brassy. [R.]

PARENTHOOD

The state of a parent; the office or character of a parent.

TRIST

To trust. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HALITE

Native salt; sodium chloride.

SPELLBOUND

Bound by, or as by, a spell.