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  • 11Spiritousness — Spir it*ous*ness, n. Quality of being spiritous. [R.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 12Spirituous — Spir it*u*ous, a. [Cf. (for sense 2) F. spiritueux. Cf. {Spiritous}.] 1. Having the quality of spirit; tenuous in substance, and having active powers or properties; ethereal; immaterial; spiritual; pure. [1913 Webster] 2. Containing, or of the… …

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  • 13Spume — (sp[=u]m), n. [L. spuma. Cf. {Pumice}, {Spoom}.] Frothy matter raised on liquids by boiling, effervescence, or agitation; froth; foam; scum. [1913 Webster] Materials dark and crude, Of spiritous and fiery spume. Milton. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 14Tope — Tope, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Toped} (t[=o]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Toping}.] [F. t[^o]per to cover a stake in playing at dice, to accept an offer, t[^o]pe agreed!; perhaps imitative of the sound of striking hands on concluding a bargain. From being… …

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  • 15Toped — Tope Tope, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Toped} (t[=o]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Toping}.] [F. t[^o]per to cover a stake in playing at dice, to accept an offer, t[^o]pe agreed!; perhaps imitative of the sound of striking hands on concluding a bargain. From… …

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  • 16Toping — Tope Tope, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Toped} (t[=o]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Toping}.] [F. t[^o]per to cover a stake in playing at dice, to accept an offer, t[^o]pe agreed!; perhaps imitative of the sound of striking hands on concluding a bargain. From… …

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  • 17Barometer — Schematic drawing of a simple mercury barometer with vertical mercury column and reservoir at base …

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  • 18Alapaha, Georgia — Infobox Settlement official name = Alapaha, Georgia other name = native name = nickname = settlement type = Town motto = imagesize = image caption = flag size = image seal size = image shield = shield size = image blank emblem = blank emblem type …

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  • 19Washington Monument — Infobox protected area name =Washington Monument iucn category = III caption = location = Washington, D.C., United States nearest city = lat degrees = 38 lat minutes = 53 lat seconds = 22 lat direction = N long degrees = 77 long minutes = 02 long …

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  • 20Thomas Clap — Thomas Clap, also spelled Thomas Clapp (June 26, 1703 January 7, 1767), was the fifth rector and first president of Yale College, now known as Yale University.He was born in Scituate, Massachusetts, and studied with Rev. James McSparran,… …

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