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1
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Dosed

A

To treat with an application or agent

2
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Victuals

A

Food or provisions for human beings

3
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Supped

A

To take in small mouthfuls

4
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Prestle

A

A tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar

5
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Miasma

A

Hey dangerous foreboding or deathlike influence or atmosphere

6
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Bilious

A

Suffering from caused by or attended by trouble with the bile or liver

7
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Liebchen

A

German for sweetheart

8
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Demure

A

Characterized by shyness and modesty reserved

9
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Mangle

A

A machine for smoothing oppressing close household linen

10
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The war

A

American Revolution

11
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Blanchards yellow balloon

A

First hot air balloon flight in America

12
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Grippe

A

Influence

13
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Peale,Charles Wilson

A

Early American portrait painter

14
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King George 111

A

Monarch of England during the revolutionary war

15
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Loiter

A

To hang around a place with no purpose

16
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Abhor

A

To hate or despise

17
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Robust

A

Healthy and strong

18
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Fervent

A

Showing intensity

19
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Quarantine

A

To isolate due to illness

20
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Fractious

A

Uncooperative troublesome

21
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Ominous

A

Foreshadowing evil

22
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Noxious

A

Unhealthy poisonous

23
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Almshouse

A

A house endowed by private charity for the reception and support of the aged or in firm poor

24
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Pestilence

A

A contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is devastating

25
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Dittany

A

A Creech and plant of the mint family having spikes of purple flower informally believed to have medical qualities

26
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Jalap and calomel

A

It twisting Eastern Mexican vine having tumorous roots that are dried powder and usually medically as cathartic

27
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Cajoling

A

To persuade by flattery or promises

28
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Brambles

A

A prickly shrub or bush

29
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Slovenly

A

Untidy or unclean in appearance or habits

30
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Destitute

A

Without means of subsidence lacking food clothing and shelter

31
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Impudence

A

The quality of being offensively bold

32
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Potters field

A

A place for the burial of unknown or in Digest persons

33
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Wraith

A

Something shadowy and in substanceal

34
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Apothecary

A

One that prepares and sells drugs and other medicines

35
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Stays and shift

A

A straight loose fitting dress warm with or without a belt a woman’s slip