Hemiprotein

n.

An insoluble, proteid substance, described by Schutzenberger, formed when albumin is heated for some time with dilute sulphuric acid. It is apparently identical with antialbumid and dyspeptone.

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Legist

n.

One skilled in the laws; a writer on law.

Nobby

a.

Stylish; modish; elegant; showy; aristocratic; fashionable.

Hedge

n.

A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden.

General

a.

The roll of the drum which calls the troops together; as, to beat the general.

Foreside

n.

The front side; the front; esp., a stretch of country fronting the sea.

Fluke

n.

The European flounder. See Flounder.

Grey

a.

See Gray (the correct orthography).

Hoop

n.

An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.

Scamp

n.

A rascal; a swindler; a rogue.

Fornicate

a.

Alt. of Fornicated

Frangibility

n.

The state or quality of being frangible.

Firebird

n.

The Baltimore oriole.