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Outwear
v. t.
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To wear out; to consume or destroy by wearing.
Wind
v. t.
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To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball.
Stubborn
a.
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Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; -- said of persons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a stubborn oak; as stubborn as a mule.
Scandal
n.
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Anything alleged in pleading which is impertinent, and is reproachful to any person, or which derogates from the dignity of the court, or is contrary to good manners.
Superheated
imp. & p. p.
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of Superheat
Puisne
a.
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Later in age, time, etc.; subsequent.
Neoterical
a.
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Recent in origin; modern; new.
Metallize
v. t.
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To impart metallic properties to; to impregnate with a metal.
Blowhole
n.
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A cavern in a cliff, at the water level, opening to the air at its farther extremity, so that the waters rush in with each surge and rise in a lofty jet from the extremity.
Tarsometatarsal
a.
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Of or pertaining to both the tarsus and metatarsus; as, the tarsometatarsal articulations.
Acetous
a.
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Causing, or connected with, acetification; as, acetous fermentation.
Sea moss
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Any branched marine bryozoan resembling moss.
Sycophant
n.
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A base parasite; a mean or servile flatterer; especially, a flatterer of princes and great men.
Plot
n.
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A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
Virial
n.
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A certain function relating to a system of forces and their points of application, -- first used by Clausius in the investigation of problems in molecular physics.
Undecylenic
a.
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Pertaining to, or designating, an acid C11H20O2, homologous with acrylic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance by the distillation of castor oil.
Epigrammatized
imp. & p. p.
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of Epigrammatize
Wage
v. t.
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To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar.
Thewed
a.
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Accustomed; mannered.
Fluid
a.
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Having particles which easily move and change their relative position without a separation of the mass, and which easily yield to pressure; capable of flowing; liquid or gaseous.
Active
a.
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Requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes.
Undertake
v. i.
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To venture; to hazard.
Thalamifloral
a.
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Alt. of Thalamiflorous
Nineholes
n. pl.
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A game in which nine holes are made in the ground, into which a ball is bowled.
Sully
v. t.
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To soil; to dirty; to spot; to tarnish; to stain; to darken; -- used literally and figuratively; as, to sully a sword; to sully a person's reputation.
Willower
n.
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A willow. See Willow, n., 2.
Swell
n.
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Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
Swindled
imp. & p. p.
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of Swindle
Knowledge
v. i.
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That which is gained and preserved by knowing; instruction; acquaintance; enlightenment; learning; scholarship; erudition.
Sweet-sop
n.
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A kind of custard apple (Anona squamosa). See under Custard.