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  • 81NUREMBERG LAWS — NUREMBERG LAWS, anti Jewish statutes enacted by Germany on September 15, 1935, marking a major step in clarifying racial policy and removing Jewish influences from Aryan society. These laws, on which the rest of Nazi racial policy hung, were… …

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  • 82RESPONSA — (Heb. שְׁאֵלוֹת וּתְשׁוּבוֹת; lit. queries and replies ), a rabbinic term denoting an exchange of letters in which one party consults another on a halakhic matter. Such responsa   are already mentioned in the Talmud, which tells of an inquiry… …

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  • 83Carlock — Car lock, n. [F. carlock, fr. Russ. Karl[ u]k .] A sort of Russian isinglass, made from the air bladder of the sturgeon, and used in clarifying wine. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 84Clarified — Clarify Clar i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clarified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clarifying}.] [F. clarifier, from L. clarificare; clarus clear + facere to make. See {Clear}, and {Fact}.] 1. To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to… …

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  • 85Clarify — Clar i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clarified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clarifying}.] [F. clarifier, from L. clarificare; clarus clear + facere to make. See {Clear}, and {Fact}.] 1. To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to… …

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  • 86exemplifying — adj. 1. clarifying by use of examples. Syn: illustrative. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 87Fining — Fin ing, n. 1. The act of imposing a fin?. [1913 Webster] 2. The process of fining or refining; clarification; also (Metal.), the conversion of cast iron into suitable for puddling, in a hearth or charcoal fire. [1913 Webster] 3. That which is… …

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  • 88Fining pot — Fining Fin ing, n. 1. The act of imposing a fin?. [1913 Webster] 2. The process of fining or refining; clarification; also (Metal.), the conversion of cast iron into suitable for puddling, in a hearth or charcoal fire. [1913 Webster] 3. That… …

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  • 89Rape — (r[=a]p), n. [F. r[^a]pe a grape stalk.] 1. Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster. Ray. [1913 Webster] 2. The refuse stems and skins of grapes or raisins from which the must has been expressed in wine making. [1913 Webster] 3. A filter… …

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  • 90Rape wine — Rape Rape (r[=a]p), n. [F. r[^a]pe a grape stalk.] 1. Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster. Ray. [1913 Webster] 2. The refuse stems and skins of grapes or raisins from which the must has been expressed in wine making. [1913 Webster] 3. A… …

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