SIXTEENER

Etymology

Noun

sixteener (plural sixteeners)

(historical) During the American Civil War, a child who, having reached the age of 16, was discharged from a soldiers' orphan school.

Source: Wiktionary



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27 January 2025

FISSILE

(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”


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