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28/10/2026

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FREE-DENIZEN

To make free. [R.]

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SIDEWISE

On or toward one side; laterally; sideways.I saw them mask their awful glance Sidewise meek in gossamer lids.Emerson.

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RUFFED

Furnished with a ruff. Ruffed grouse (Zoöl.), a North Americangrouse (Bonasa umbellus) common in the wooded districts of theNorthern United States. The male has a ruff of brown or blackfeathers on each side of the neck, and is noted for the loud drummingsound he makes during the breeding season. Called also tippet grouse,partridge, birch partridge, pheasant, drummer, and white-flesher.-- ruffed lemur (Zoöl.), a species of lemur (lemur varius) having aconspicuous ruff on the sides of the head. Its color is varied withblack and white. Called also ruffed maucaco.

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HOGPEN

A pen or sty for hogs.

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LUCERNE

See Lucern, the plant.

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ISCHIAL

Of or pertaining to the ischium or hip; ischiac; ischiadic;ischiatic. Ischial callosity (Zoöl.), one of the patches of thickenedhairless, and often bright-colored skin, on the buttocks of manyapes, as the drill.

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SPOUSE

To wed; to espouse. [Obs.]This markis hath her spoused with a ring. Chaucer.Though spoused, yet wanting wedlock's solemnize. Spenser.She was found again, and spoused to Marinell. Spenser.

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BLACKENER

One who blackens.

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SMELL-LESS

Destitute of smell; having no odor.Daisies smell-less, yet most quaint. Beau & Fl.

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FILLING

Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it. Back filling. (Arch.)See under Back, a.

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GRECISM

An idiom of the Greek language; a Hellenism. Addison.

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CURACY

The office or employment of a curate.