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  • 51ob|scure´ness — ob|scure «uhb SKYUR», adjective, scur|er, scur|est, verb, scured, scur|ing, noun. –adj. 1. not clearly expressed; hard to understand: »an obscure passage in a book. 2 …

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  • 52ob|scure´ly — ob|scure «uhb SKYUR», adjective, scur|er, scur|est, verb, scured, scur|ing, noun. –adj. 1. not clearly expressed; hard to understand: »an obscure passage in a book. 2 …

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  • 53ob|scure — «uhb SKYUR», adjective, scur|er, scur|est, verb, scured, scur|ing, noun. –adj. 1. not clearly expressed; hard to understand: »an obscure passage in a book. 2 …

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  • 54shade — shadeless, adj. shadelessness, n. /shayd/, n., v., shaded, shading. n. 1. the comparative darkness caused by the interception or screening of rays of light from an object, place, or area. 2. a place or an area of comparative darkness, as one… …

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  • 55eclipse — I. n. 1. Occultation, eclipsing. 2. Obscuration, darkening, dimming, clouding, veiling, hiding, shrouding, disappearance, concealment, vanishing, occultation. 3. Extinguishment, extinction, obliteration, blotting out, destruction, annihilation.… …

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  • 56occult — adj. & v. adj. 1 involving the supernatural; mystical, magical. 2 kept secret; esoteric. 3 recondite, mysterious; beyond the range of ordinary knowledge. 4 Med. not obvious on inspection. v.tr. Astron. (of a concealing body much greater in size… …

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  • 57squash — I. verb Etymology: alteration of Middle English squachen to crush, annul, from Anglo French esquacher, from Old French es ex + quachier to hide from view, from Vulgar Latin *coacticare to press together more at cache Date: 1565 transitive verb 1 …

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  • 58shut — /shut/, v., shut, shutting, adj., n. v.t. 1. to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct. 2. to close the doors of (often fol. by up): to shut up a shop for the night. 3. to close (something) by bringing together or folding its… …

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  • 59shut — [[t]ʃʌt[/t]] v. shut, shut•ting, adj. n. 1) to move into a closed position: to shut a door[/ex] 2) to close the doors of (often fol. by up): to shut up a house for the night[/ex] 3) to close by bringing together the parts of: Shut your book[/ex]… …

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  • 60shroud — {{11}}shroud (n.) O.E. scrud a garment, clothing, from W.Gmc. *skruthan, from P.Gmc. *skrud cut (Cf. O.N. skruð shroud of a ship, Dan., Swed. skrud dress, attire ), variant of *skreud to cut, related to O.E. screade (see SHRED (Cf …

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