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sexangular, a. (sɛkˈsæŋgjʊlə(r)) [ad. late L. sexangulār-is, f. sexangulus: see sexangle.] Having six angles; hexagonal.1608 Topsell Serpents 94 If you eye well their [sc. hornets'] nestes, you shall finde them all for the most part exactly sexangular or sixe cornered. 1637 Wotton Will in Walton Lif...
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In 1900 he won the Sexangular Tournament at the Manhattan Chess Club ahead of Frank Marshall and Showalter.
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pentangular
pentangular, a. (pɛnˈtæŋgjʊlə(r)) [f. as prec. + angular.] Having five angles or angular points; pentagonal.1661 Morgan Sph. Gentry i. 44 The Mullet points are all strait and pentangular. 1673–4 Grew Anat. Trunks i. i. §10 Through a Glass, some appear Pentangular, others Sexangular, and Septangular....
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hexagony
† hexagony Obs. rare—1. [ad. late L. hexagōnium (Ambrose), by-form of hexagōnum hexagon.] A hexagonal structure, as the cell of a bee.1655 Bramhall Disc. agst. Hobbes iii. Wks. 1844 IV. 52 When I read in St. Ambrose of their [bees'] ‘hexagonies’ or sexangular cells.
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sex-
sex- (sɛks) repr. L. sex six in combination (as in sexangulus sexangular, sexennis sexennial), occurs in many mod. formations, chiefly scientific or technical. (In some of these sexi- is also used.) 1. Forming parasynthetic compounds, as sexannulate (= six-ringed), sexarticulate, sexcuspidate, sexlo...
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parget
▪ I. parget, n. (ˈpɑːdʒɪt) Also 5–7 pariet (i = j), 6 -ette, 6 pergit, 7 parjet. [app. f. parget v. (or from same source).] 1. Plaster spread upon a wall, ceiling, etc.; whitewash; roughcast; in mod. dial. spec. a plaster made of lime and cow-dung with which the flues of chimneys are lined.13.. E.E....
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inequilateral
inequilateral, a. (ɪniːkwɪˈlætərəl) [f. in-3 + equilateral. Cf. F. inéquilatéral.] Having unequal sides; unequal-sided. inequilateral shell: one in which a transverse line drawn through the apex of the umbo divides the valve into two unequal and unsymmetrical parts.1662 J. Bargrave Pope Alex. VII (1...
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turnpike
turnpike, n. (ˈtɜːnpaɪk) Forms: see turn v. and pick n.1, pike n.1; also 5–7 Sc. -pik, 6 Sc. -pek, 7 Sc. -pecke, -pyck; 7–8 turn(e)-peg. [f. turn- + pick n.1, pike n.1] I. 1. Hist. A spiked barrier fixed in or across a road or passage, as a defence against sudden attack, esp. of men on horseback. It...
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star
▪ I. star, n.1 (stɑː(r)) Forms: 1 steorra, stiorra, Northumb. stearra, sterra, 2–3 steore, storre, 2–4 steorre, 2–6 sterre, 3 stor, sturre, 4–6 stere, 5–7 stare, 6 ster, 6–7 starr(e, 6– star. [Com. WGer.: OE. steorra wk. masc. corresponds to OFris. stera (NFris. stear, stêar, stiar), OS. sterro (MLG...
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