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09/04/2026

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CEPHEUS

(Astron.) A northern constellation near the pole. Its head,which is in the Milky Way, is marked by a triangle formed by threestars of the fourth magnitude. See Cassiopeia.

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INCORRUPTIBLE

One of a religious sect which arose in Alexandria, in the reignof the Emperor Justinian, and which believed that the body of Christwas incorruptible, and that he suffered hunger, thirst, pain, only inappearance.

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CATAFALCO

See Catafalque.

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TRIJUGATE

In three pairs; as, a trijugate leaf, or a pinnate leaf withthree pairs of leaflets.

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JUISE

Judgment; justice; sentence. [Obs.]Up [on] pain of hanging and high juise. Chaucer.

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MALIGNANTLY

In a malignant manner.

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CLERK-ALE

A feast for the benefit of the parish clerk. [Eng.] T. Warton.

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NEGRO

A black man; especially, one of a race of black or very darkpersons who inhabit the greater part of tropical Africa, and aredistinguished by crisped or curly hair, flat noses, and thickprotruding lips; also, any black person of unmixed African blood,wherever found.

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CAMPION

A plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus bacciferus), bearingberries regarded as poisonous. Bladder campion, a plant of the Pinkfamily (Cucubalus Behen or Silene inflata), having a much inflatedcalyx. See Behen.-- Rose campion, a garden plant (Lychnis coronaria) with handsomecrimsome crimson flowers.

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RESENTIMENT

Resentment. [Obs.]

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MELLIFLUENT

Flowing as with honey; smooth; mellifluous.

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CONTRADICTORINESS

The quality of being contradictory; opposition; inconsistency.J. Whitaker.