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D.T. Max
shunt
(en)
to disarm an alarm system by creating a new circuit for the electricity
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rubicund
(en)
(adj, especially of someone's face) having a ruddy complexion; high-colored
184
satyriasis
(en)
uncontrollable or excessive sexual desire in a man
197
tocsin
(en)
an alarm bell or signal (from Old French)
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"Sad" became the tocsin ringing through the piece, sadness as the consequence of too much plenty:
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"Sad" became the tocsin ringing through the piece, sadness as the consequence of too much plenty:
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lacuna
(en)
an unfilled space; a gap (plural: lacunae)
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About the holes and lacunae and etc.
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About the holes and lacunae and etc.
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miglior fabbro
(it)
Italian for "the better craftsman"; from the dedication to Ezra Pound in T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land; itself a quote from Dante's Divine Comedy
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manse
(en)
the house occupied by a minister of a Presbyterian church OR an informal way of referring to someone's house
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horses in the yard of the doctor's manse next door
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horses in the yard of the doctor's manse next door
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mensch
(en)
(North American) a person of integrity and honor
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as a critic who cares deeply about 'serious' art, and as a mensch
quote from a review of Supposedly
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as a critic who cares deeply about 'serious' art, and as a mensch
quote from a review of Supposedly
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aperçu
(en)
(borrowed from French) a comment or brief reference that makes an illuminating or entertaining point
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others almost metaphysical aperçus about the hazy intersection of cognition and the world
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others almost metaphysical aperçus about the hazy intersection of cognition and the world
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lapidary
(en)
relating to stone and gems and the work involved in engraving, cutting, or polishing
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