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diallage

diallage is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A figure by which arguments are placed in various points of view, and then turned to one point. Smart.
  2. 2.A dark green or bronze-colored laminated variety of pyroxene, common in certain igneous rocks.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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