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  • 91ā̆s-, therefrom azd-, azg(h)- —     ā̆s , therefrom azd , azg(h)     English meaning: to burn     Deutsche Übersetzung: “brennen, glũhen”     Material: O.Ind. üsa ḥ “ cinder, dust “ (about ásita ḥ “ black “ s. *n̥si “ dirt color, dark color “); Lat. üra “ altar; hence… …

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  • 92adust — adjective 1. dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight a vast desert all adust land lying baked in the heat parched soil the earth was scorched and bare sunbaked salt flats • Syn: ↑baked, ↑parched …

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  • 93baked — adjective 1. dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight (Freq. 1) a vast desert all adust land lying baked in the heat parched soil the earth was scorched and bare sunbaked salt flats • Syn: ↑ …

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  • 94indirect antonym — noun antonyms whose opposition is mediated (e.g., the antonymy of wet and parched is mediated by the similarity of parched to dry ) • Hypernyms: ↑antonym, ↑opposite word, ↑opposite …

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  • 95scorched — adjective 1. dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight (Freq. 1) a vast desert all adust land lying baked in the heat parched soil the earth was scorched and bare sunbaked salt flats • Syn: ↑ …

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  • 96nocake — ˈnōˌkāk noun Etymology: of Algonquian origin; akin to Narraganset nokehick parched corn meal, literally, it is soft, Natick nookhic : Indian corn parched and pounded into a powder …

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  • 97HOSEA, BOOK OF — HOSEA, BOOK OF, the first of the 12 books that make up the minor prophets . Everything points to this book s having been produced in the kingdom of israel and redacted, after the fall of that state, in Judah; and this makes it a valuable source… …

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  • 98OMER — (Heb. עֹמֶר, lit. sheaf ), an offering brought to the Temple on the 16th of Nisan and thus the name of the period between Passover and Shavuot. The Bible (Lev. 23:9ff.) prescribes that when you enter the land which I am giving to you and reap its …

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  • 99Arid — Ar id, a. [L. aridus, fr. arere to be dry: cf. F. aride.] Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren. An arid waste. Thomson. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 100baked — aked (b[=a]kt), adj. 2. dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight. Syn: adust, parched, scorched, sunbaked. [WordNet 1.5] 2. cooked with dry heat in an oven; of bread and pastries. [WordNet 1.5] …

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