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That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus.
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The act of talking to one's self; a discourse made by one in solitude to one's self; monologue.
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The curlew. A wading bird of the genus Numenius, remarkable for its long, slender, curved bill.
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The quantity which a spoon contains, or is able to contain; as, a teaspoonful; a tablespoonful.
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The very hard wood of a leguminous West Indian tree (Lysilona Sabicu), valued for shipbuilding.
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the wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into the teeth of which the pallets play.
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Unfermented grape juice or wine, often used to raise fermentation in dead or vapid wines; must.
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A figure of speech by which a word is used in a literal and metaphorical sense at the same time.
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A kind of blowgun for discharging arrows, -- used by the savages of Borneo and adjacent islands.
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A kind of ketch very common in the Levant, which has neither topgallant sail nor mizzen topsail.
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