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An old money of account in Bombay, equal to three fifths of a rupee.
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A gold coin formerly current in Egypt and Turkey, of the value of about 9s. 6d., or about $2.30; -- also, in Morocco, a ducat.
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A skin disease characterized by the presence of numerous small pigmented spots resembling freckles, with which are subsequently mingled spots of atrophied skin.
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A salt of xeronic acid.
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Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C8H12O4, related to fumaric acid, and obtained from citraconic acid as an oily substance having a bittersweet taste; -- so called from its tendency to form its anhydride.
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Among the primitive Christians, the living on a diet of dry food in Lent and on other fasts.
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Drought-loving; able withstand the absence or lack of moisture.
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An abnormal dryness of the eyeball produced usually by long-continued inflammation and subsequent atrophy of the conjunctiva.
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A genus of fishes comprising the common swordfish.
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The constellation Dorado.
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A comet shaped like a sword
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A genus of plants of the order Haemodraceae, having two-ranked, sword-shaped leaves.
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Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cetacean of the genus Xiphius or family Xiphiidae.
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The posterior, or fourth, lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also xiphisternum.
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