1. an embossed official seal affixed to documents issued by a government body, proving their authenticity.
2. one who entertains foolish speculations.
3. a neutron star; sometimes also used for a black-hole [Gk, adelos = unseen + aster = star]
4. the principal magistrate, comparable to a mayor, of a city or town in the Netherlands, Flanders, Austria, or Germany.
5. a small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.
6. a kind of pottage, of which a mess was offered to the Kings of England on their coronation-day, by the lord of the manor of Addington in Surrey, being the ‘service’ by which that manor was held.
7. an ornamental houseplant having mostly roundish leaves with dominant white veins; provisional name for a plant whose flowers are unknown.
8. a mounted spearman in the Persian army; a formation of such spearmen.
9. a medicinal poultice made of flowers and herbs.
10. a hybrid flower patented by Luther Burbank in 1912.
11. a form of flexible last for boot-making.
12. a patented device to assist with the donning of a corset.
13. a clerical figure who anoints royalty with divine blessing.
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1. an embossed official seal affixed to documents issued by a government body, proving their authenticity.
13. a clerical figure who anoints royalty with divine blessing.
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On Oct 27, 2019, at 10:50 AM, Stephen Dixon <steved...@gmail.com> wrote:Here we go, with thirteen excellent definitions for ** ADELASTER ** only one of which is real.
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ADELASTER:1. an embossed official seal affixed to documents issued by a government body, proving their authenticity.
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6 because “a kind of” is often the def, and 3 for the etymology
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