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1. rēsalgar n.

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Arsenic disulfide, realgar.

2. saf(f)rǒun n.

Additional spellings: saffroun
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(a) The saffron crocus (Crocus sativus); safroun plot; (b) safroun bulb, hed of safroun, the corm of the saffron crocus; clove of safroun, one of the corms produced on a bulb; rote of safroun, the…

3. sē̆nith n.

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Astron. (a) The point in the sky directly overhead, the zenith; also, the part of an astrolabe representing the zenith; (b) the azimuth reading or bearing of a heavenly body.

4. 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.

5. 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…

6. 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…

7. 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.

8. 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…

9. zeduārīe n.

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= zeduar(e n.