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Procedendo :: Procedendo (n.) In English practice, a writ issuing out of chancery in cases where the judges of subordinate courts delay giving judgment, commanding them to proceed to judgment..

Denudation :: Denudation (n.) The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water..

Concoct :: Concoct (v. t.) To purify or refine chemically.

Hem :: Hem (v. t.) To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge of.

Box :: Box (n.) A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (B. suffruticosa), is much used for borders in gardens. The wood of the tree varieties, being very hard and smooth, is extensively used in the arts, as by turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc..

Male :: Male (v. t.) Capable of producing fertilization, but not of bearing fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them..

Euchre :: Euchre (v. t.) To defeat or foil thoroughly in any scheme.

Conium :: Conium (n.) The common hemlock (Conium maculatum, poison hemlock, spotted hemlock, poison parsley), a roadside weed of Europe, Asia, and America, cultivated in the United States for medicinal purpose. It is an active poison. The leaves and fruit are used in medicine..

Mineral :: Mineral (v. i.) An inorganic species or substance occurring in nature, having a definite chemical composition and usually a distinct crystalline form. Rocks, except certain glassy igneous forms, are either simple minerals or aggregates of minerals..

Scraper :: Scraper (n.) An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud and the like, by drawing them across it..

Monohemerous :: Monohemerous (a.) Lasting but one day.

Enswathement :: Enswathement (n.) The act of enswathing, or the state of being enswathed..

Buchu :: Buchu (n.) A South African shrub (Barosma) with small leaves that are dotted with oil glands; also, the leaves themselves, which are used in medicine for diseases of the urinary organs, etc. Several species furnish the leaves..

Hemina :: Hemina (n.) A measure of half a sextary.

Promoter :: Promoter (n.) Specifically, one who sets on foot, and takes the preliminary steps in, a scheme for the organization of a corporation, a joint-stock company, or the like..

Electorate :: Electorate (n.) The whole body of persons in a nation or state who are entitled to vote in an election, or any distinct class or division of them..

Hercules :: Hercules (n.) A constellation in the northern hemisphere, near Lyra..

Alchemist :: Alchemist (n.) One who practices alchemy.

Incomplete :: Incomplete (a.) Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective..

Tithonographic :: Tithonographic (a.) Of, relating to, or produced by, the chemical action of rays of light; photographic..

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