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Rough with irregular points, or a broken surface; scraggy; as, a scragged backbone.
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A European plant (Hydrocharis Morsus-ranae), floating on still water and propagating itself by runners. It has roundish leaves and small white flowers. →
v. t.
To render other than Protestant; to cause to change from Protestantism to some other form of religion; to deprive of some Protestant feature or characteristic. →
imp. & p. p. of Repay. →
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A stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end. →
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Native carbon in hexagonal crystals, also foliated or granular massive, of black color and metallic luster, and so soft as to leave a trace on paper. It is used for pencils (improperly called lead pencils), for crucibles, and as a lubricator, etc. Often called plumbago or black lead. →
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Any one of the mouth appendages of the Arthropoda. They are known as mandibles, maxillae, and maxillipeds. →
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An arctic cetacean (Monodon monocerous), about twenty feet long. The male usually has one long, twisted, pointed canine tooth, or tusk projecting forward from the upper jaw like a horn, whence it is called also sea unicorn, unicorn fish, and unicorn whale. Sometimes two horns are developed, side by side. →