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A current below the surface of water, sometimes flowing in a contrary direction to that on the surface.
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The shank of a rudder, having the blade at one end and the attachments for operating it at the other. →
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A kind of catchfly of the genus Silene; also, a poisonous mushroom (Agaricus muscarius); fly agaric. →
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Destructive to germs; -- applied to any agent which has a destructive action upon living germs, particularly bacteria, or bacterial germs, which are considered the cause of many infectious diseases. →
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Bladdery; vesicular; vesiculate; composed of vesicles; covered with vesicles; as, a vesiculose shell. →