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A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness.
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A figure or character used to express a number; as, the Arabic numerals, 1, 2, 3, etc.; the Roman numerals, I, V, X, L, etc.
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A figure supposed to represent the iron which holds a millstone by being set into its center.
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A figure which strikes the hour on the bell of some fanciful clocks; -- called also jack of the clock house.
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A fine kind of leather, prepared commonly from goatskin (though an inferior kind is made of sheepskin), and tanned with sumac and dyed of various colors; -- said to have been first made by the Moors.
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A fine white claylike mineral, soft, and light enough when in dry masses to float in water. It is a hydrous silicate of magnesia, and is obtained chiefly in Asia Minor. It is manufacturd into tobacco pipes, cigar holders, etc. Also called sepiolite.
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