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30/11/2025

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BIG

Barley, especially the hardy four-rowed kind."Bear interchanges in local use, now with barley, now with bigg." NewEnglish Dict.

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SCRIM

Thin canvas glued on the inside of panels to prevent shrinking,checking, etc.

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DARTER

The snakebird, a water bird of the genus Plotus; -- so calledbecause it darts out its long, snakelike neck at its prey. SeeSnakebird.

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SEVERANCE

The act of dividing; the singling or severing of two or morethat join, or are joined, in one writ; the putting in several orseparate pleas or answers by two or more disjointly; the destructionof the unity of interest in a joint estate. Bouvier.

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ELECTROPLATER

One who electroplates.

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POMEWATER

A kind of sweet, juicy apple. [Written also pomwater.] Shak.

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EUTERPEAN

Of or pertaining to Euterpe or to music.

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UPRIST

Uprising. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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POLYTOCOUS

Bearing fruit repeatedly, as most perennial plants; polycarpic.

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MUDDILY

, In a muddy manner; turbidly; without mixture; cloudily;obscurely; confusedly.

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CHYMIFY

To form into chyme.

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JESSE

Any representation or suggestion of the genealogy of Christ, indecorative art; as:(a) A genealogical tree represented in stained glass.(b) A candlestick with many branches, each of which bears the name ofsome one of the descendants of Jesse; -- called also tree of Jesse.Jesse window (Arch.), a window of which the glazing and traceryrepresent the tree of Jesse.