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Foul with extraneous or impure substances; abounding with sediment or excrementitious matter; muddy; thick; turbid.
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A chilognath myriapod of the genus Iulus, and allied genera, having numerous short legs along the sides; a milliped or "thousand legs." See Chilognatha. →
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One of the numerous small eyes which make up the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans. →
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A fixed daily allowance of provisions assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy, for his subsistence. →
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To be prescient of (some ill or misfortune); to have an inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is about to happen; to augur despondingly. →
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A particular state of the atmosphere, as respects heat, cold, moisture, etc., or as affecting the sensations; as, a smoky air, a damp air, the morning air, etc. →
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The main point, as of a question; the point on which an action rests; the pith of a matter; as, the gist of a question. →
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A plant (trigonella Foenum Graecum) cultivated for its strong-smelling seeds, which are →