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Opiate
Originally a medicine of a thicker consistency than sirup prepared with opium
VerbarOlpe
Originally a leather flask or vessel for oils or liquids afterward an earthenware vase or pitcher without a spout
Oaf
Originally an elfs child a changeling left by fairies or goblins hence a deformed or foolish child a simpleton
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Neoteric
Recent in origin modern new
Navvy
Originally a laborer on canals for internal navigation hence a laborer on other public works as in building railroads
Monogenesis
Oneness of origin esp Biol development of all beings in the universe from a single cell opposed to polygenesis Called also
VerbarMoire
Originally a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat afterwards any textile fabric to which
merkin
Originally a wig afterwards a mop for cleaning cannon
Mercer
Originally a dealer in any kind of goods or wares now restricted to a dealer in textile fabrics as
Postil
Originally an explanatory note in the margin of the Bible so called because written after the text hence a
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