An under sizar; a student of lower rank than a sizar.[Cambridge Univ. Eng.]Bid my subsizar carry my hackney to the buttery and give him hisbever. J. Fletcher.
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Subsizar
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Leptiform
Having a form somewhat like leptus; -- said of active insectlarvæ having three pairs of legs. See Larva.
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Outshoot
To exceed or excel in shooting; to shoot beyond. Bacon.Men are resolved never to outshoot their forefathers' mark. Norris.
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Metaxylene
That variety of xylene, or dimethyl benzene, in which the twomethyl groups occupy the meta position with reference to each other.It is a colorless inf
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Trichomanes
Any fern of the genus Trichomanes. The fronds are very delicateand often translucent, and the sporangia are borne on threadlikereceptacles rising from the middle of cup-shaped marginal involucres.Several species are common in conservatories; two are native in theUnited States.
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Presswork
The art of printing from the surface of type, plates, orengravings in relief, by means of a press; the work so done.MacKellar.
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Sanitation
The act of rendering sanitary; the science of sanitaryconditions; the preservation of health; the use of sanitary measures;hygiene.How much sanitation has advanced during the last half century. H.Hartshorne.
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Cashier
One who has charge of money; a cash keeper; the officer who hascharge of the payments and receipts (moneys, checks, notes), of abank or a mercantile company.
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Travertine
A white concretionary form of calcium carbonate, usually hardand semicrystalline. It is deposited from the water of springs orstreams holding lime in solution. Extensive deposits exist at Tivoli,near Rome.
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Calypso
A small and beautiful species of orchid, having a flowervariegated with purple, pink, and yellow. It grows in cold and wetlocalities in the northern part of the United States. The Calypsoborealis is the only orchid which reaches 68º N.
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Ophthalmometer
An instrument devised by Helmholtz for measuring the size of areflected image on the convex surface of the cornea and lens of theeye, by which their curvature can be ascertained.
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Stretch
To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the shipstretched to the eastward. Ham. Nav. Encyc. Stretch out, an order torowers to extend themselves forward in dipping the oar.
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Allograph
A writing or signature made by some person other than any ofthe parties thereto; -- opposed to autograph.
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Euplexoptera
An order of insects, including the earwig. The anterior wingsare short, in the form of elytra, while the posterior wings fold upbeneath them. See Earwig.
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Thorax
The part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen,containing that part of the body cavity the walls of which aresupported by the dorsal vertebræ, the ribs, and the sternum, andwhich the heart and lungs are situated; the chest.
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Moccasin
A poisonous snake of the Southern United States. The watermoccasin (Ancistrodon piscivorus) is usually found in or near water.Above, it is olive brown, barred with black; beneath, it is brownishyellow, mottled with darker. The upland moccasin is Ancistrodonatrofuscus. They resemble rattlesnakes, but are without rattles.Moccasin flower (Bot.), a species of lady's slipper (Cypripediumacaule) found in North America. The lower petal is two inches long,and forms a rose-colored moccasin-shaped pouch. It grows in richwoods under coniferous trees.
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Adipocere
A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown color,into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes areconverted, by long immersion in water or by burial in moist places.It is a result of fatty degeneration.
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Contradistinguish
To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities.These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished.Locke.
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Arcual
Of or pertaining to an arc. Arcual measure of an angle (Math.),that in which the unit angle has its measuring arc equal to theradius of the circle.