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One of an ancient sect of philosophers, who cultivated learned conversation at meals.
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One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; -- opposed to the Empiric.
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One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in England in 1221. The first foundation in the United States was made in 1807. The Master of the Sacred Palace at Rome is always a Dominican friar. The Dominicans are called also preaching friars, friars preachers, black friars (from their black cloak), brothers of St. Mary, and in France, Jacobins.
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One of several isomeric organic bases of the quinoline series of alkaloids.
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One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in the knightheads, or inside planking above the upper deck.
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One of several shores used to hold a ship firmly and prevent her moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching.
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One of several species of armadillos of the genera Dasypus and Euphractus, having five toes both on the fore and hind feet.
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One of the anterior pair of wings in the Coleoptera and some other insects, when they are thick and serve only as a protection for the posterior pair.
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One of the artificial group of invertebrates of various kinds, which live parasitically upon the exterior of other animals; an ectozoon. Among them are the lice, ticks, many acari, the lerneans, or fish lice, and other crustaceans.
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