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  • 31Forced draught — Draught Draught, n. [The same as draft, the spelling with gh indicating an older pronunciation. See {Draft}, n., {Draw}.] 1. The act of drawing or pulling; as: (a) The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of burden, and the like. [1913… …

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  • 32Natural draught — Draught Draught, n. [The same as draft, the spelling with gh indicating an older pronunciation. See {Draft}, n., {Draw}.] 1. The act of drawing or pulling; as: (a) The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of burden, and the like. [1913… …

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  • 33On draught — Draught Draught, n. [The same as draft, the spelling with gh indicating an older pronunciation. See {Draft}, n., {Draw}.] 1. The act of drawing or pulling; as: (a) The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of burden, and the like. [1913… …

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  • 34Sheer draught — Draught Draught, n. [The same as draft, the spelling with gh indicating an older pronunciation. See {Draft}, n., {Draw}.] 1. The act of drawing or pulling; as: (a) The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of burden, and the like. [1913… …

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  • 35Vesicant — Ves i*cant, n. [L. vesica blister: cf. F. v[ e]sicant.] (Med.) A vesicatory. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 36epispastic — /ep euh spas tik/, adj. 1. raising a blister. n. 2. a blistering agent; vesicatory. [1650 60; < Gk epispastikós adapted, drawing to one s self. See EPI , SPASTIC] * * * …

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  • 37vesicate — verb To blister See Also: vesication, vesicatory …

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  • 38Vesicant — A substance that causes tissue blistering. Also referred to as a vesicatory. * * * An agent that produces a vesicle. * * * ves·i·cant ves i kənt n an agent (as a drug or a war gas) that induces blistering called also blister gas vesicant adj&#8230; …

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  • 39daphne — daph·ne daf (.)nē n 1) cap a genus of Eurasian shrubs (family Thymelaeaceae) that have often fragrant flowers without petals and that include the mezereon 2) a plant of the genus Daphne * * * Daph·ne (dafґne) [Gr. daphn&#275; bay tree] a genus of …

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  • 40beaten — Synonyms and related words: all in, all up with, automatic, beat, beat up, bested, blebby, blistered, blistering, blistery, bone weary, bubbling, bubbly, burbling, burbly, bushed, carbonated, chiffon, confounded, constant, dead, dead and alive,&#8230; …

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