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  • 41denude — de|nude [dıˈnju:d US dıˈnu:d] v [T usually passive] formal 1.) to remove the plants and trees that cover an area of land ▪ a hillside denuded in a fire 2.) to take something away from someone or something denude sb/sth of sth ▪ The fact that… …

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  • 42strip# — strip vb Strip, divest, denude, bare, dismantle can mean to deprive a person or thing of what clothes, furnishes, or invests him or it. Strip stresses a pulling or tearing off rather than a laying bare, though the latter implication is frequent;… …

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  • 43de|nud´er — de|nude «dih NOOD, NYOOD», transitive verb, nud|ed, nud|ing. 1. to make bare; strip (something) of its clothing or covering: »Most trees are denuded of their leaves in winter. (Figurative.) to denude the sea of valuable fish. ( …

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  • 44de|nude — «dih NOOD, NYOOD», transitive verb, nud|ed, nud|ing. 1. to make bare; strip (something) of its clothing or covering: »Most trees are denuded of their leaves in winter. (Figurative.) to denude the sea of valuable fish. ( …

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  • 45Cleft grafting — Grafting Graft ing n. 1. (Hort.) The act, art, or process of inserting grafts. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc. [1913 Webster] 3. (Surg.) The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to… …

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  • 46Colibrina reclinata — Naked Na ked (n[=a] k[e^]d), a. [AS. nacod; akin to D. naakt, G. nackt, OHG. nacchot, nahhot, Icel. n[ o]kvi[eth]r, nakinn, Sw. naken, Dan. n[ o]gen, Goth. naqa[thorn]s, Lith. n[*u]gas, Russ. nagii, L. nudus, Skr. nagna. [root]266. Cf. {Nude}.]… …

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  • 47Crown grafting — Grafting Graft ing n. 1. (Hort.) The act, art, or process of inserting grafts. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc. [1913 Webster] 3. (Surg.) The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to… …

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  • 48Denude — De*nude , v. t. [L. denudare; de + nudare to make naked or bare, nudus naked. See {Nude}.] To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip; to divest; as, to denude one of clothing, or lands; the hurricane denuded the trees. [1913… …

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  • 49Endermic — En*der mic, a. [Gr. ? in + ? skin.] (Med.) Acting through the skin, or by direct application to the skin. [1913 Webster] {Endermic method}, that in which the medicine enters the system through the skin, being applied either to the sound skin, or… …

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  • 50Endermic method — Endermic En*der mic, a. [Gr. ? in + ? skin.] (Med.) Acting through the skin, or by direct application to the skin. [1913 Webster] {Endermic method}, that in which the medicine enters the system through the skin, being applied either to the sound… …

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