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1. ars-metrīk(e n.

Additional spellings: arsmetrik, ars-metrike, arsmetrike
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(a) The 'art' or 'science' of measuring and calculating, being one of the four disciplines comprised in the quadrivium (along with geometry, astronomy, and music); (b) a treatise on this 'science'.

2. dragme n.

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(a) A unit of apothecary's weight of one eighth of an ounce, a dram; (b) fig. a bit of talent.

3. pire adj.

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?Fiery.

4. podōrius n.

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Mus. ?The hypodorian mode.

5. prolē̆mpcis n.

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Gram. Presentation of a summary statement before relating the details.

6. rīnocephales n. plural

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Fire-breathing monsters.

7. rixis n.

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Med. The rupturing of a blood vessel.

8. scismatī̆k n.

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One who participates in an ecclesiastical schism, a schismatic; heretike and (or) scismatik.

9. silē̆mpsis n.

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Gram. The joining of elements of a sentence or phrase by partial concord, syllepsis [see concepcioun n.4. for examples].

10. sinodochẹ̄ n.

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The rhetorical figure synecdoche.

11. squiballes n. plural

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Hard excrement; hard squiballes.

12. stā̆phis-ā̆gre n.

Additional spellings: staphisagre
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Stavesacre, licebane (Delphinium staphisagria); also, the seeds of this plant, used medicinally.

13. stomaticon n.

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Med. A digestive or purgative medicine of various kinds; stomaticon comfortativum; gretere stomaticon.

14. th, þ, ð n.

Additional spellings: þ, ð
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(a) The digraph th; the letter þ or ð of the alphabet, thorn; (b) an abbrev. for that pron., rel. pron., conj., etc.

15. tisane n.

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(a) Shelled or cooked barley; (b) a medicinal drink made from shelled barley and water; tisane water; gruel tisane.

16. xiloaloes n.

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Wood or bark of the aloe tree Aquilaria agallocha.