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141. setewāl(e n.

Additional spellings: setewale
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(a) The root of a plant of the species Curcuma, esp. the long zedoary Curcuma zedoaria; also, the plant itself; (b) as surname.

142. sic n.

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A Rhodian or Levantine coin; grossus sic.

143. siphac n.

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The peritoneum.

144. sirsen n.

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Med. An aposteme found in the ventricles of the brain.

145. sirup n.

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(a) Med. A thick viscous liquid, usu. made from herbs boiled with sugar; also fig.; (b) sirup acetous, a decoction of honey or sugar with vinegar; sirup egre, bitter (egre, sour) sirup, any…

146. sō̆da n.

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A severe headache, migraine.

147. sōde n.

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(a) Sodium carbonate; poudre of sode; sal sode, crystallized sodium carbonate; (b) ?ash; sode of strau (timber, wode).

148. subeth n.

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Sleep that is disordered in some respect (probably two aspects of the same disorder): (a) ?feverish, fretful, but stuporous sleep; (b) ?unnatural drowsiness, to the point of being semi-comatose…

149. sulac n.

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Pathol. Inflammation of the edge of the eyelid.

150. tamarinde n.

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The pod-shaped fruit of the tamarind tree (Tamarindus indica), used medicinally; water of tamarindes, a decoction made from this fruit.

151. tāre n.(2)

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A deduction made from the gross weight of goods to allow for the weight of waste material, tare.

152. tarette n.

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(a) A kind of large cargo ship or merchant vessel; (b) as ship name.

153. tarfe n.

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Med. A spot of blood or hematoma occurring in an injured or bruised eye; ?also, blackness of an eye due to injury.

154. turbit n.

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The root of the plant turpeth Ipomoea turpethum, chiefly used as a purgative or as part of a purgative concoction or potion; poudre (pulver) of turbit; whit turbit.

155. tū̆tīe n.

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(a) The crude zinc oxide obtained by the smelting of copper ore with zinc and freq. used in medicinal compounds, tutty, pompholyx; tutie ablute (washed, washen), washen tutie, tutty purified through…

156. ūzifur n.

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Cinnabar, mercuric sulphide; ?also, lead oxide [2nd quot.].

157. zarab n.

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The optical illusion of water seen from a distance, a mirage.

158. zeduār(e n.

Additional spellings: zeduare
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(a) A plant of the species Curcuma, esp. the long zedoary Curcuma zedoaria, or its root [= setewal(e n. 1.(a)]; (b) the plant valerian, whether Valeriana officinalis or other species, used medicinally…

159. zeduārīe n.

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= zeduar(e n.

160. zē̆ǧi n.

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Any of the various metallic sulphates, vitriol.