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A kind of divination by means of the dough of the cakes offered in the ancient sacrifices, and the meal strewed over the victims.
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A musical instrument used by the ancients. It is supposed to have been similar to the modern kettle drum, though perhaps smaller.
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A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying dowm.
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A whitish marble, from Rome, containiing pale greenish zones. It consists of calcium carbonate, with zones and cloudings of talc.
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An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.
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An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck).
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Anything done deceitfully, and which could not be properly designated by any special name, whether belonging to contracts or not.
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The act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the culture of the soil.
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The mark of the cross, as cut, painted, written, or stamped on certain objects, -- sometimes as the sign of 12 o'clock on a dial.
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The state or quality of being congruous; the relation or agreement between things; fitness; harmony; correspondence; consistency.
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