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15/08/2026

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OUTPRAY

To exceed or excel in prayer.

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TURKISH

Of or pertaining to Turkey or the Turks.-- n.

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FLUE

An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing acurrent of air, gases, etc.; an air passage; esp.:(a) A compartment or division of a chimney for conveying flame andsmoke to the outer air.(b) A passage way for conducting a current of fresh, foul, or heatedair from one place to another.(c) (Steam Boiler) A pipe or passage for conveying flame and hotgases through surrounding water in a boiler; -- distinguished from atube which holds water and is surrounded by fire. Small flues arecalled fire tubes or simply tubes. Flue boiler. See under Boiler.-- Flue bridge, the separating low wall between the flues and thelaboratory of a reverberatory furnace.-- Flue plate (Steam Boiler), a plate to which the ends of the fluesare fastened; -- called also flue sheet, tube sheet, and tube plate.-- Flue surface (Steam Boiler), the aggregate surface of fluesexposed to flame or the hot gases.

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CEROTYPE

A printing process of engraving on a surface of wax spread on asteel plate, for electrotyping.

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CONTEMPTIBILITY

The quality of being contemptible; contemptibleness. Speed.

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PHAENOMENON

See Phenomenon.

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ELBOW

A sharp angle in any surface of wainscoting or other woodwork;the upright sides which flank any paneled work, as the sides ofwindows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back. Gwilt.

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CATHOLICNESS

The quality of being catholic; universality; catholicity.

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HIERON

A consecrateo place; esp., a temple.

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FILICOID

Fernlike, either in form or in the nature of the method ofreproduction.

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BAROMETRY

The art or process of making barometrical measurements.

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WIGHER

To neigh; to whinny. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.