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accaroid
accaroid, acaroid (ˈækərɔɪd) Also ˈaccroid. [Etym. unkn.; appar. not related to acaroid a.] The name given to a resinous gum obtained from various Australian trees, esp. the blackboy or grass-tree, used for preparing varnish, paper size, etc. Usu. attrib., as accaroid gum, accaroid resin, etc. The b...
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acaroid
▪ I. acaroid, a. Zool. (ˈækərɔɪd) [f. mod.L. Acar-us + -oid.] Having the form of, or allied to, an Acarus or mite; mite-like.1880 F. W. Burbidge Gard. of Sun xiv. 293 My skin..was covered with irritable red eruptions, caused by a minute red parasite of acaroid nature.▪ II. acaroid see accaroid.
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gum
▪ I. gum, n.1 (gʌm) Forms: 1 góma, 3–5 gome, 5–6 gomme, gume, 5–7 goom(e, 6 gowme, gummb, 6–7 gumme, 7 gombe, gumb, gumm, 7– gum. [OE. góma wk. masc., corresponds to OHG. guomo (MHG. guome), and (apart from difference of declension) to ON. góm-r palate. The vowel in these forms seems to represent a ...
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