claver |
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(Scot.) idle chatter.
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scaife |
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an iron wheel charged with diamond dust, used
for grinding and polishing gems.
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scurf |
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minute exfoliated flakes of skin.
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swarf |
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particulate matter formed by the operation of
a machine tool.
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humble pie |
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[/an umble pie/, erroneous for /a numble pie/].
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exuviae |
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animals' molted body-coverings: skins, shells,
or the like.
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numbles |
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(archaic) "certain of the inward parts of an
animal, esp. of a deer, used as food."
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fitcher |
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(of a drill-bit's flutes) to become clogged
with ejecta.
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purtenance |
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(arch.) an animal's heart, liver, and lungs.
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muscae volitantes |
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threads and specks seen before the eyes. [L,
flying flies.]
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crock |
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soot or smut; dye which rubs off of poorly dyed cloth.
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chimaera |
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"a fish of the family /Chimeridae/, the male of
which has a spiny clasping organ over the mouth."
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