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decuman |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Decuman \Dec"u*man\, a. [L. decumanus of the tenth and by metonymy, large fr decem ten.] Large chief; -- applied to an extraordinary billow, supposed by some to be every tenth in order [R.] Also used substantively. ``Such decuman billows.'' --Gauden. ``The baffled decuman.'' --Lowell.
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