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342 words match “EALE”

CRUST v.
tract into a hard crust; to become incrusted. The place that was burnt . . . crusted and healed. Temple.
CRYPTOBRANCHIATE a.
Having concealed or rudimentary gills.
CUNCTIPOTENT a.
All-powerful; omnipotent. [R] "God cunctipotent." Neale (Trans. Rhythm of St. Bernard).
CUNNER n.
ic coast (Ctenolabrus adspersus); -- called also chogset, burgall, blue perch, and bait stealer. [Written also conner.]
CURE n. 2 definitions
Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health from disease, or to soundness after injury. Past hope! pastcure! past help. Shak. I do cures to-day and to-morrow. Luke xii. 32.
CURER n.
One who cures; a healer; a physician.
CYCLOSTYLAR a.
a structure composed of a circular range of columns, without a core or building within. Weale.
DEED n.
A sealed instrument in writing, on paper or parchment, duly executed and delivered, containing some transfer, bargain, or contract.
DEIST n.
One who believes in the existence of a God, but denies revealed religion; a freethinker.
DELICATESSEN n.
Relishes for the table; dainties; delicacies. "A dealer in delicatessen". G. H. Putnam.
DELITESCENT a.
Lying hid; concealed.
DELL n.
A small, retired valley; a ravine. In dells and dales, concealed from human sight. Tickell.
DERN a.
Hidden; concealed; secret. [Obs.] "Ye must be full dern." Chaucer.
DESIGN n.
Specifically, intention or purpose as revealed or inferred from the adaptation of means to an end; as, the argument from design.
DETECTION n.
The act of detecting; the laying open what was concealed or hidden; discovery; as, the detection of a thief; the detection of fraud, forgery, or a plot. Such secrets of guilt are never from detection. D. Webster.
DIADEM v.
when diadem'd with rays divine. Pope. To terminate the evil, To diadem the right. R. H. Neale.
DISCLOSURE n.
That which is disclosed or revealed. Were the disclosures of 1695 forgotten Macaulay.
DISSUADE v.
issuaded her with great ardor: and I stood neuter. Goldsmith. War, therefore, open or concealed, alike My voice dissuades. Milton.
DRAPER n.
One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths; as, a draper and tailor.
DRAWBORE n.
is to rest, so that a pin or bolt, when driven into it, will draw these parts together. Weale.
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