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RUGINE
Ru"gine, n. Etym: [F.] (Surg.)
Definition: An instrument for scraping the periosteum from bones; a raspatory.
Ru"gine, v. t. Etym: [F. ruginer to scrape.]
Definition: To scrape or rasp, as a bone; to scale. [R.] Wiseman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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