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04/04/2025

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MAYHEM

The maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any ofhis members which are necessary for defense or protection. See Maim.

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BRINGER

One who brings.Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news Hath but a losing office.Shak.Bringer in, one who, or that which, introduces.

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NEO-HEGELIANISM

The philosophy of a school of British and American idealistswho follow Hegel in dialectical or logical method and in the generaloutcome of their doctrine. The founders and leaders of Neo-Hegelianism include: in England, T. H. Green (1836-1882); inScotland, J. (1820-98) and E. (1835-1908) Caird; in the UnitedStates, W. T. Harris (1835-1909) and Josiah Royce (1855- -).

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SPRY

Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active. [U.S.& Local Eng.]She is as spry as a cricket. S. Judd (Margaret).If I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I, And not halfso spry. Emerson.

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BLEARY

Somewhat blear.

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SANDWICH

Two pieces of bread and butter with a thin slice of meat,cheese, or the like, between them.

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POINCIANA

A prickly tropical shrub (Cæsalpinia, formerly Poinciana,pulcherrima), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-redflowers with long crimson filaments.

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CONSIDERABLENESS

Worthiness of consideration; dignity; value; size; amount.

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DISINTERESTEDNESS

The state or quality of being disinterested; impartiality.That perfect disinterestedness and self-devotion of which man seemsto be incapable, but which is sometimes found in woman. Macaulay.

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DESIROUSNESS

The state of being desirous.

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TENTACULUM

A tentacle.

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PARCEL

A part; a portion; a piece; as, a certain piece of land is partand parcel of another piece.