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  • 31Bound — Bound, p. p. & a. 1. Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like. [1913 Webster] 2. Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume. [1913 Webster] 3. Under legal or moral restraint or obligation. [1913 Webster] 4. Constrained or… …

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  • 32Bound bailiff — Bound Bound, p. p. & a. 1. Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like. [1913 Webster] 2. Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume. [1913 Webster] 3. Under legal or moral restraint or obligation. [1913 Webster] 4.… …

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  • 33Bound up in — Bound Bound, p. p. & a. 1. Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like. [1913 Webster] 2. Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume. [1913 Webster] 3. Under legal or moral restraint or obligation. [1913 Webster] 4.… …

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  • 34Skinbound — Skin bound , a. Having the skin adhering closely and rigidly to the flesh; hidebound. [1913 Webster] {Skinbound disease}. (Med.) See Sclerema neonatorum, under {Sclerema}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 35Skinbound disease — Skinbound Skin bound , a. Having the skin adhering closely and rigidly to the flesh; hidebound. [1913 Webster] {Skinbound disease}. (Med.) See Sclerema neonatorum, under {Sclerema}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 36hard-shell — or hard shelled adjective Date: 1838 fundamental 2b, fundamentalist < a hard shell preacher > < hard shell Baptists >; also uncompromising, hidebound < a hard shell conservative > …

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  • 37stodgy — adjective (stodgier; est) Date: 1854 1. having a rich filling quality ; heavy < stodgy bread > 2. moving in a slow plodding way especially as a result of physical bulkiness 3. boring, dull < out on a peaceful rather stodgy Sunday boat trip Edna&#8230; …

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  • 38Musical theatre — The Black Crook (1866), considered by some historians to be the first musical[1] Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece&#160;– humor, pathos, love, anger&#160;– …

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  • 39Scleroderma — This article is about the disease. For the mushroom, see Scleroderma (genus). Not to be confused with the skin disease scleredema. Scleroderma Classification and external resources ICD 10 L …

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  • 40Pharisees — The word Pharisees (lat. pharisæ|us , i ) comes from the Hebrew פרושים perushim from פרוש parush , meaning separated [Ernest Klein Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language ] . The Pharisees were, depending on the time, a&#8230; …

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