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Building; constructing. [R.] Dugard.

Beaming forth; flashing. [R.] Which emicant did this and that way dart. Blackmore.

To canker. [Obs.]

s of the paraffin series, C11H24, found as a constituent of petroleum. [Written also hendecane.]

Relating to the Entomostraca. -- n.

An isopod crustacean, parasitic on shrimps.

Of or relating to Etruria. -- n.

Of European and African descent.

A growing hot; a white or glowing heat; incandescence. [R.]

White or glowing with heat. [R.] Ure.

Disenchantment by a countercharm. [Obs.] Gayton.

One who has been excommunicated.

An exsiccant medicine.

One who fabricates; a manufacturer. Simmonds.

Soft clayey matter in the vein, or surrounding it. [Written also flookan, flukan, and fluccan.]

The amount of illumination produced by a standard candle at a distance of one foot.

Belonging to the Order of St. Francis of the Franciscans. Franciscan Brothers, pious laymen who devote themselves to useful works, such as manual labor schools, and other educational institutions; -- called also Brothers of the Third Order of St. Francis. -- Franciscan Nuns, nuns who follow the rule of t. Francis, esp…

of veal; a fancy dish of veal or of boned turkey, served as an entrée, -- called also fricandel. A. J. Cooley.

Full of shoots. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Of or pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallic; French; as, the Gallican church or clergy.