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sapskull
sapskull Now dial. (see E.D.D.). (ˈsæpskʌl) [f. sap n.1 (sense 4) + skull.] = sap-head.1735 H. Carey Honest Yorkshire-man 9 Welcome to London, dear 'Squire Sapscull. 1785 Grose Dict. Vulgar Tongue, Sapscull, a simple fellow. 1796 Sporting Mag. VII. 55 Poor sapskull, thus craftily put to the blush. 1...
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sap-head
ˈsap-head [f. sap n.1 (sense 4). Cf. the earlier sapskull.] A fool, a simpleton.1798 T. G. Fessenden in Farmer's Weekly Museum 2 Jan. 4/1 The poet nimbly trips it back—Over the Union courses rapid, And squibs each Jacobinick saphead. 1828 Craven Gloss., Sap-head, a blockhead. 1884 ‘Mark Twain’ Huck....
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saporific
saporific, a. rare. (sæpəˈrɪfɪk) [ad. mod.L. sapōrificus, f. sapōr-em: see sapor and -ific. Cf. F. saporifique.] ‘Having the power to produce tastes’ (J.); imparting flavour or taste.1704 [see sapor b]. 1721 Bailey, Saporifick, causing Taste. 1768 [W. Donaldson] Life Sir B. Sapskull II. xxv. 212 He....
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stoke-hole
stoke-hole [Partly an adoption, partly a transl., of Du. stookgat, f. stoken to stoke + gat hole.] 1. The space in front of a furnace where the stokers stand to tend the fires; the aperture through which the fire is fed and tended; also Naut., a hole in the deck through which the fuel is passed for ...
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puniceous
puniceous, a. (pjuːˈnɪʃiːəs) Also 8 erron. -ious. [f. L. pūnice-us Punic; also red, purple-coloured (f. Pūnic-us Punic, with suffix -eus) + -ous.] Of a bright red, purplish-red, or reddish-yellow colour: cf. phœniceous.1730 Bailey (folio), Puniceous (in Botan. Writ.) of a scarlet Colour. 1768 [W. Do...
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megilp
▪ I. megilp, n. (mɪˈgɪlp) Forms: see quot. 1854; also majellup, macgellup, meggellup, McGilp, megilph, meguilp. [Of obscure origin: the suggestion that it is from a surname is improbable.] 1. A preparation (consisting usually of a mixture of linseed oil with turpentine or mastic varnish) employed as...
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fornicatrix
fornicatrix (ˈfɔːnɪˌkeɪtrɪks) Pl. -trixes. [a. L. fornicātrix, fem. of fornicātor.] = prec.1586 Perth Session Rec. in C. Rogers Soc. Life Scot. (1884) II. xii. 244 To shave the heads of fornicators and fornicatrixes. 1655 in Kirkton Hist. Ch. Scot. (1817) 171 note, One quadrilapse fornicatrix. 1768 ...
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cubicular
▪ I. † cuˈbicular, n. Obs. Also 5–7 -er, -air, -are. [ad. OF. cubiculaire, ad. L. cubiculārius (a. and n.) cubiculary, f. cubiculum bedchamber; see -ar2.] An attendant in a bedchamber; a groom of the bedchamber; a chamberlain. Chiefly Sc.c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. vi. vi. 24 Hyr Cubiculare By hyr lay, and...
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Galenical
Galenical, a.1 and n. (gəˈlɛnɪkəl) Also 7 -all, Gallenical. [f. Galenic a.1 + -al1.] A. adj. = Galenic a.1 Galenical figure: in Logic (see quot. 1774).1652 Ashmole Theat. Chem. Annot. 461 Albeit I magnifie Chemicall Phisique, yet I do not lessen the due commendations that belong to Galenicall. 1671 ...
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thermantic
therˈmantic, a. (n.) Med. Now rare or Obs. [ad. Gr. θερµαντικός, f. θερµαίνειν to heat. Cf. F. thermantique (15th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).] That promotes warmth; heating, calefacient.1748 tr. Renatus' Distemp. Horses 175 The Animal must be warmed with thermantick Drenches. 1768 [W. Donaldson] Life Sir B....
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prosternation
† prosterˈnation Obs. [a. F. prosternation (1599 in Hatz.-Darm.), n. of action from F. prosterner or L. prōstern-āre: see prec.] The action of prostrating or condition of being prostrated; prostration. Also fig.1622 Donne Serm. (ed. Alford) V. 93, I shall rise..from the prostration, from the proster...
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tremulate
tremulate, v. rare. (ˈtrɛmjʊleɪt) [f. late L. tremulāre to tremble (Quicherat Addenda): see -ate3 5, 6.] 1. intr. To tremble, vibrate; to palpitate, quiver.1749 U. ap Rhys Tour Spain & Port. (1760) 92 Tender Limbs, that tremulate and wanton in the air. 1768 [W. Donaldson] Life Sir B. Sapskull I. xiv...
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diuretic
diuretic, a. and n. Med. (daɪjʊˈrɛtɪk) Also 5 duretick, -ik, duritik, 6 diuretike, dyurytyke, (7 diuretique), 7–8 diuretick(e. [ad. L. diūrētic-us, a. Gr. διουρητικός promoting urine, f. διουρεῖν to urinate: see prec. Cf. F. diurétique (14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).] A. adj. Having the quality of excitin...
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unsainted
unˈsainted, ppl. a.2 [un-1 8.] Unsanctified; not canonized.a 1642 Suckling Acc. Relig. Ep., Wks. (1648) 100 The Fathers of the Church..had slept now un-Sainted in their Graves,..benighted with Oblivion. 1647 Wharton Bellum Hybern. 1 As Iohn Booker prognosticated in his un-sainted state-lying-Kalende...
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perspicience
† perˈspicience Obs. [ad. L. perspicientia, f. perspicient-em, pr. pple. of perspicĕre to see through: see perspection and -ence.] Keen or clear perception; insight.1661 Feltham Resolves ii. iii. (1677) 163 Though it [Faith] be set in a heighth, beyond our Humane Perspicience, I can believe it rathe...
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