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the second pair of appendages near the mouth in arachnids and other chelicerates.
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to make false, malicious statements about someone in order to damage their reputation.
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a legal mechanism in estate planning and property law where a testator bequeaths assets to a beneficiary with the instruction to pass those assets onto a subsequent beneficiary upon a specific condition or timeframe.
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an ornamental molding or band that runs along the underside or face of an arched opening.
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an ancient surgical procedure in which a hole is drilled or scraped into the human skull.
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a leader of professional, mercenary armies in Italy during the Middle Ages and the early modern period.
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a distinctive type of heraldic flag or ceremonial banner that hangs vertically from a horizontal crossbar rather than being attached directly to a vertical pole.
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the act of throwing someone or something out of a window.
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a secret, inescapable dungeon cell, accessible only through a hatch or hole in the high ceiling.
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of, relating to, or being a marriage between a member of a royal or noble family and a person of inferior rank in which the rank of the inferior partner remains unchanged and the children of the marriage do not succeed to the titles, fiefs, or entailed property of the parent of higher rank.
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the nearly straight-line configuration of three celestial bodies (such as the sun, moon, and earth during a solar or lunar eclipse) in a gravitational system.
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humorous, light-hearted, and playful conversation or banter.
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to cause trouble, inconvenience, or discomfort to someone.
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a small, often decorative bottle with a tight-fitting stopper or cap.
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a great landed estate or large agricultural property.
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a superior feudal lord to whom fealty is due; an overlord.
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dark, shadowy, or obscure.
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a medieval dagger used for the mercy stroke to a wounded foe.
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a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats.
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an ornamental hairpin shaped like a stiletto.