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  • 121crude´ly — crude «krood», adjective, crud|er, crud|est, noun. –adj. 1. in a natural or raw state; unrefined: »Oil, ore, and sugar are crude before being refined and prepared for use. SYNONYM(S) …

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  • 122Burnt sienna — Sienna Si*en na, n. [It. terra di Siena, fr. Siena in Italy.] (Chem.) Clay that is colored red or brown by the oxides of iron or manganese, and used as a pigment. It is used either in the raw state or burnt. [1913 Webster] {Burnt sienna}, sienna… …

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  • 123Sienna — Si*en na, n. [It. terra di Siena, fr. Siena in Italy.] (Chem.) Clay that is colored red or brown by the oxides of iron or manganese, and used as a pigment. It is used either in the raw state or burnt. [1913 Webster] {Burnt sienna}, sienna made of …

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  • 124Blusher — Taxobox name = Blusher status = Very common / safe image width = 200px regnum = Fungi divisio = Basidiomycota classis = Homobasidiomycetae subclassis = Hymenomycetes ordo = Agaricales familia = Amanitaceae genus = Amanita species = A. rubescens A …

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  • 125Russula vesca — Taxobox color = lightblue name = Russula vesca status = secure image width = 250px regnum = Fungi divisio = Basidiomycota classis = Homobasidiomycetae subclassis = Hymenomycetes ordo = Russulales familia = Russulaceae genus = Russula species = R …

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  • 126quince — /kwins/, n. 1. either of two small trees, Cydonia oblonga or C. sinensis, of the rose family, bearing hard, fragrant, yellowish fruit used chiefly for making jelly or preserves. 2. the fruit of such a tree. [1275 1325; ME quince, appar. orig. pl …

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  • 127cottonwool — /kɒtnˈwʊl / (say kotn wool) noun 1. raw cotton for surgical dressings and toilet purposes which has had its natural wax chemically removed. 2. cotton in its raw state, as on the boll or gathered for use. 3. Colloquial a protected and comfortable… …

  • 128dyed in the wool — unchanging in a particular belief or opinion; inveterate she s a dyed in the wool conservative Origin: with allusion to the fact that yarn was dyed in the raw state, producing a more even and permanent color * * * ˌdyed in the ˈwool [dyed in the… …

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