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14/02/2026

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HOGREEVE

A civil officer charged with the duty of impounding hogsrunning at large. [New Eng.] Bartlett.

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GOVERN

To require to be in a particular case; as, a transitive verbgoverns a noun in the objective case; or to require (a particularcase); as, a transitive verb governs the objective case.

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ETHULE

Ethyl. [Obs.]

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NONDECIDUATE

Characterized by the absence of a decidua; indeciduate.

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FOGGINESS

The state of being foggy. Johnson.

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SCRABBLE

To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, toscrabble paper.

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CLAPPER

A rabbit burrow. [Obs.]

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HYMPNE

A hymn. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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QUIRK

A piece of ground taken out of any regular ground plot orfloor, so as to make a court, yard, etc.; -- sometimes written quink.Gwilt.

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TRICEPS

A muscle having three heads; specif., the great extensor of theforearm, arising by three heads and inserted into the olecranon atthe elbow.

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FATIDICAL

Having power to foretell future events; prophetic; fatiloquent;as, the fatidical oak. [R.] Howell.-- Fa*tid"i*cal*ly, adv.

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MALIGNIFY

To make malign or malignant. [R.] "A strong faith malignified."Southey.