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A treatise for authoritative instruction among the Hindoos; a book of institutes; especially, a treatise explaining the Vedas.
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A sultan. A ruler, or sovereign, of a Mohammedan state; specifically, the ruler of the Turks; the Padishah, or Grand Seignior; -- officially so called.
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A certain game at cards in which, if no player wins three of the five tricks possible on any deal, the game is said to be spoiled.
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A volcanic area or vent which yields only sulphur vapors, steam, and the like. It represents the stages of the volcanic activity.
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A South American ant (Ecodoma cephalotes) remarkable for having two large kinds of workers besides the ordinary ones, and for the immense size of its formicaries. The sauba ant cuts off leaves of plants and carries them into its subterranean nests, and thus often does great damage by defoliating trees and cultivated plants.
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A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones; also, the swelling itself. The resulting lameness is due to the inflammation, and not the bony tumor as popularly supposed.
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That which is accumulated, or massed together; a source from which supplies may be drawn; hence, an abundance; a great quantity, or a great number.
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The customary certificate of national character which neutral merchant vessels are bound to carry in time of war; a passport for a vessel and cargo.
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That to which one resorts for escape or concealment; an artifice employed to escape censure or the force of an argument, or to justify opinions or conduct; a shift; an evasion.
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A follower of Joanna Southcott (1750-1814), an Englishwoman who, professing to have received a miraculous calling, preached and prophesied, and committed many impious absurdities.
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