a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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corselet (ˈkɔːslɪt)

—n
1.	Also spelt: corslet a piece of armour for the top part of the body
2.	a one-piece foundation garment, usually combining a brassiere and a corset

[C15: from Old French, from cors bodice of a garment, from Latin corpus body]

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