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deathwatch
deathwatch
/ˈdɛθˌwɑːtʃ/
noun
Bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death
(
deathwatch
,
deathwatch beetle
,
Xestobium rufovillosum
)
bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death
Minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers
(
book louse
,
booklouse
,
deathwatch
,
Liposcelis divinatorius
)
minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers
surprised
surprised
/səˈpraɪzd/
adjective
(
)
Taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment
(
surprised
)
taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment
Surprised by her student's ingenuity
surprised by her student's ingenuity
Surprised that he remembered my name
surprised that he remembered my name
A surprised expression
a surprised expression
lateen
lateen
/ləˈtiːn/
adjective
Rigged with a triangular (lateen) sail
(
lateen
,
lateen-rigged
)
rigged with a triangular (lateen) sail
noun
A triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean
(
lateen
,
lateen sail
)
a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean
phylactery
phylactery
/fɪˈlæktəri/
noun
(Judaism) either of two small leather cases containing texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (known collectively as tefillin); traditionally worn (on the forehead and the left arm) by Jewish men during morning prayer
(
phylactery
,
tefillin
)
(Judaism) either of two small leather cases containing texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (known collectively as tefillin); traditionally worn (on the forehead and the left arm) by Jewish men during morning prayer
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