enalty.

emoluments
Payment for an office or employment; compensation.

Erebus
Greek Mythology; the dark region of the underworld through which the
dead must pass before they reach Hades.

erraticism
Deviating from the usual conduct or opinion; eccentric; queer.

histologist
One who does anatomical studies of the microscopic structure of animal
and plant tissues.

impecuniosity
Having little or no money; penniless; poor.

indurated
Hardened; obstinate; unfeeling.

inheres
Inherent or innate.

intendent
Title of various government officials or administrators.

Irondequoit
Town of western New York on Lake Ontario and Irondequoit Bay, near
Rochester.

lees
Sediment settling during fermentation, especially wine; dregs.

luxation
Displacement or misalignment of a joint or organ.

Marque (letter of)
Commission granted by a state to a private citizen to capture and
confiscate the merchant ships of another nation.

meerschaum
Fine, compact, usually white clay-like mineral of hydrous magnesium
silicate, H4Mg2Si3O10, used for tobacco pipes, building stone and
ornamental carvings. Also called sepiolite.

Orfila
Mathieu Orfila (1787-1853). Chemist, founder of toxicology.

pearlash
Potassium carbonate.

prosody
Study of the metrical structure of verse.

Prussian blue
Dark blue crystalline hydrated compound, Fe4[Fe(CN)6]3.xH2O; ferric
ferrocyanide.

putrescible
Liable to decay or spoil or become putrid.

quassia
Shrub or small tree of tropical America, Quassia amara. Prepared form
of the heartwood, used as an insecticide and in medicine as a tonic to
dispel intestinal worms

quoits
Game; player throws rings of rope or flattened metal at an upright
peg, attempting to encircle it or come as close to it as possible.

rotten stone
Porous, lightweight, siliceous sedimentary rock; shells of diatoms or
radiolarians or of finely weathered chert, used as an abrasive and a
polish.

saltpetre
Potassium nitrate, KNO3.

sciatica
Pain extending from the hip down the back of the thigh and surrounding
area.

spatulate
Shaped like a spatula; rounded like a spoon.

sustension
Sustaining.

Tete d'armee
Head of Army.

theine
Caffeine.

towardliness
Apt to learn; promising; docile; tractable; propitious; seasonable.

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