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Basined
a.
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Inclosed in a basin.
Doth
3d pers. sing. pres.
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of Do.
Plume
v.
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A large and flexible panicle of inflorescence resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large ornamental grasses.
Pleurocentrum
n.
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One of the lateral elements in the centra of the vertebrae in some fossil batrachians.
Consolidated
p. p. & a.
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Having a small surface in proportion to bulk, as in the cactus.
Windhover
n.
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The kestrel; -- called also windbibber, windcuffer, windfanner.
Helicin
n.
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A glucoside obtained as a white crystalline substance by partial oxidation of salicin, from a willow (Salix Helix of Linnaeus.)
Tyrian
n.
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A native of Tyre.
Strophulus
n.
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See Red-gum, 1.
Vaivode
n.
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See Waywode.
Ornitholite
n.
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A stone of various colors bearing the figures of birds.
Snob
n.
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A workman who accepts lower than the usual wages, or who refuses to strike when his fellows do; a rat; a knobstick.
Ornithosauria
n. pl.
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An order of extinct flying reptiles; -- called also Pterosauria.
Aspection
n.
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The act of viewing; a look.
Hodograph
n.
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A curve described by the moving extremity of a line the other end of which is fixed, this line being constantly parallel to the direction of motion of, and having its length constantly proportional to the velocity of, a point moving in any path; -used in investigations respecting central forces.
Fourth
a.
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Forming one of four equal parts into which anything may be divided.
Father
v. t.
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To take as one's own child; to adopt; hence, to assume as one's own work; to acknowledge one's self author of or responsible for (a statement, policy, etc.).
Wing
n.
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Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing.
Plethysmograph
n.
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An instrument for determining and registering the variations in the size or volume of a limb, as the arm or leg, and hence the variations in the amount of blood in the limb.
Polyedron
n.
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See Polyhedron.
Harass
n.
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Devastation; waste.
Plethysmography
n.
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The study, by means of the plethysmograph, of the variations in size of a limb, and hence of its blood supply.
Sportive
a.
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Tending to, engaged in, or provocate of, sport; gay; froliscome; playful; merry.
Bill
n.
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A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law.
Pernot furnace
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A reverberatory furnace with a circular revolving hearth, -- used in making steel.
Obedible
a.
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Obedient.
Tokay
n.
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A grape of an oval shape and whitish color.
Step
v. i.
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Gait; manner of walking; as, the approach of a man is often known by his step.
Vein
n.
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One of the ribs or nervures of the wings of insects. See Venation.
Wieldless
a.
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Not to be wielded; unmanageable; unwieldy.