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1. pit n.

200 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) A natural or man-made depression in the ground, hole, pit, ditch; cave; also fig.; also, an open excavation from which some mineral product is obtained or in which some industrial process is…

2. prēserven v.

63 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To protect or preserve (sb. or sth.) from harm, damage, error, etc.; (b) preserven from, to preserve or protect (sb. or sth.) from (harm, difficulty, error, the Devil, etc.); (c) to save (sb…

3. remolliciǒun n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Surg. Softening of a bodily part.

4. ruptī̆ve adj.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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Med. & surg. Caustic, escharotic.

5. sǒuken v.

184 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To feed from the breast or udder; also fig.; souken of (at, on, upon), feed from (the breast); also fig.; (b) souken of, to partake of (milk from the breast); (c) ppl. soukinge as adj.: of the age…

6. spatimene n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Surg. An instrument used to cut bone, a trepan.

7. splenten v.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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Surg. To fit (a fractured limb) with a splint; (b) ben splented, to be plated or adorned (with silver strips).

8. taste n.(2)

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Surg. A probe.

9. touail n.

76 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A piece of cloth used to wipe something dry; washinge touail, a piece of cloth for wiping or cleansing something [see also washing(e ger. 2.]; (b) a cloth of the length of a table, chiefly for…

10. ventọ̄sen v.

14 quotations in 1 sense
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Surg. (a) To treat a patient by drawing blood or other matter with a cupping glass (b) to apply a cupping glass to (a wound, boil, etc.); also, treat (a patient) by bloodletting with a cupping glass;…