Peculiar

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The visible text includes phrases like "peculiar", "popular", "a cause of", "disintegration", "violence", "fury", and "the destruction of the world".


by Olive McFarland

peculiar


one of the veins of an insect’s wing
disintegration
a
kind of lottery, or game of chance
hence, anything of
value
1, to scold; 2, to tease
a ragged,
disreputable fellow
extreme
violence; fury; 3, enthusiasm; great eagerness
furious force or effect; as, a fever rages
a common garden flower
with jagged edges
a dealer in rags, bones, and junk
the destruction of the world
in which all perish but a few
to revive
cold, obey
stop,

peculiar
popular
a cause of
fever
deeply and
regularly
formed spies
lot of Jericho who, having hidden the har-
was spared
night excursion
also, a
1
2
strong wings
good-humored banter
falling
the fall
a fall
to fall
to fall
bestow freely; as,
blessings
any brilliant array of colors
but passing quickly; iridescent; many-colored
burn, cut, focus;