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1. welting<\/strong> (also simply welt<\/strong>) \u2014 ridge, wale; strengthening seam with one edge of leather folded over the other<\/p>\n

After hours of searching and the almost total destruction of Mr. Savoyed’s luggage, we found the microfilm on an impossibly narrow strip of rigid plastic concealed in the <\/em>welting of the supposed banker’s briefcase.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. guanay<\/strong> \u2014 cormorant native to Peru and Chile, one of the two guano-producing birds <\/p>\n

The <\/em>guanay swallowed the sardine with a glutinous gulp.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. antalgic<\/strong> \u2014 easing pain<\/p>\n

The old hobo walked with an <\/em>antalgic gait due to the terrible blister beneath his left heel.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. scrofula<\/strong> \u2014 lymphatic tuberculosis<\/p>\n

Eventually, the so-called “king’s touch” came to be used almost exclusively for cases of <\/em>scrofula, which, as it often went into spontaneous remission, tended to reinforce the belief in the monarch’s magic healing powers.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. brychan<\/strong> \u2014 rough wool blanket<\/p>\n

The Welshman had only a few sheep, just enough to make a <\/em>brychan or two every season.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. incumbent<\/strong> \u2014 being the current officeholder; obligatory, required<\/p>\n

If I felt it <\/em>incumbent upon me to work at my real job eight hours a day, I’d hardly have any presence at all on social media.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. macron<\/strong> \u2014 straight horizontal mark over a letter<\/p>\n

When first learning Latin, a <\/em>macron will often be displayed over long vowels, though these are not seen in most versions of ancient texts.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. florin<\/strong> \u2014 former British coin worth two shillings; gold coin of the city-state of Florence<\/p>\n

The Colonel felt in his pockets for a <\/em>florin to give the poor beggar.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. musquash<\/strong> \u2014 [archaic<\/em>] muskrat<\/p>\n

Supposedly the trapper could lure the <\/em>musquash to his canoe with such a whistling call, whereupon he would strike the rodent with his paddle.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. feather<\/strong> \u2014 to turn the oar after a stroke so that it stays horizontal over the water’s surface during the return stroke whilst rowing<\/p>\n

If you don’t learn to <\/em>feather you’re going to catch a crab.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. welting (also simply welt) \u2014 ridge, wale; strengthening seam with one edge of leather folded over the other After hours of searching and the almost total destruction of Mr. Savoyed’s luggage, we found the microfilm on an impossibly narrow strip of rigid plastic concealed in the welting of the supposed banker’s briefcase.   2. … <\/p>\n

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