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Bedraggled (v) –
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to make limp and soiled, as with rain or dirt.
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Poultice (n)-
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a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
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Humors(n)-
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(in medieval physiology) one of the four elemental fluids of the body, blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile, regarded as determining, by their relative proportions, a person's physical and mental constitution.
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Bedecked (v)-
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to deck out; adorn, esp. in a showy or gaudy manner.
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Kirtle(n)-
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a woman's loose gown, worn in the Middle Ages.
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Iconoclast(n)-
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a breaker or destroyer of images, esp. those set up for religious veneration.
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Gauze (n)-
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a surgical dressing of loosely woven cotton
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Condemned(v)-
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to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
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Meddle(v)-
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to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly
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Relics(n)-
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the remanin parts or fragments of a surviving memorial of something past.
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