To separate and come off in scales or laminae, as pieces of carious bone or of bark.
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To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.
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The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…
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To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said…
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Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over;…
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A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wo…
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Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.
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To open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to unfold a tablecloth.
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The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.
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The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.
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The dish of a balance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as, to turn the scale; -- chiefly used in the plural when ap…
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The dish of a balance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as, to turn the scale; -- chiefly used in the plural when ap…
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