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elfin-tree		a tree dwarfed and gnarled by alpine climate.

pultrusion		a continuous-flow process for forming fiberglass, 
			in which the glass fiber in liquid resin is drawn
			through a heated die which cures it.  [< /pulling/
			+ /extrusion/.]

pulveratricious		(ornith. obs.) of or characteristic of those birds
			that bathe in dust; a dusty colour, as of their 
			feathers.

kukumakranka		an amaryllidaceous bulb, /Gethyllis/ ssp., 
			which bears white flowers in the summer, and in the
			winter pushes up through the earth an oblong fruit
			used medicinally in cordial, and to give a house its
			penetrating scent, likened to strawberry and to
			custard-apple.  [prob. < Khoi.]

clyssus			(Parascelsian chem.) used in senses whose connections
			are obscure: the return of vital principles to
			their source; the union of principles through long
			digestion, especially those principles distilled
			from a single body; the vapours from deflagrating
			gunpowder or similar compounds of nitre.

tide			a span of time; an hour; a point in time; a fit time;
			an opportunity; a time in the course of the day, of
			the year, or of life; a canonical hour; a holy day.

Pilliver and the two codwares lead on, but it's time for dinner.