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A soft tumor or synovial swelling on the fetlock joint of a horse; -- so called from having formerly been supposed to contain air.
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A table for holding working materials and implements; esp., a small table with drawers and other conveniences for needlework, etc.
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A white wine resembling Madeira in taste, but more tart, produced in Teneriffe, one of the Canary Islands; -- called also Vidonia.
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A woman who practices unlawful sexual commerce with men, especially one who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a harlot.
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An instrument used by carpenters, joiners, etc., for laying off right angles off right angles, and testing whether work is square.
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One of a physiological group of globular bacteria which produces fermentations of diverse nature; -- distinguished from pathogene.
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One who officiously communicates information of the private concerns of others; one who tells that which prudence should suppress.
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The bulau. An East Indian insectivorous mammal (Gymnura Rafflesii), somewhat like a rat in appearance, but allied to the hedgehog.
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The horse which goes between the thills, or shafts, and supports them; also, the last horse in a team; -- called also thill horse.
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The large bone next the foot in the leg of a bird. It is formed by the union of the distal part of the tarsus with the metatarsus.
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