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  procrustean (prō-krus’te-an) a. Obtaining conformity by violence [From Procrustes, a fabled Greek giant, who fitted the bodies of his victims to a bed by stretching them or cutting off their feet]

  The drunken old man, spurred on by the hatred of his forefathers and the malice of …

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  ferruginous (fer-rö’jin-us) a. 1. Of the color of iron-rust. 2. Impregnated with iron. [L. ferrugineus – ferrugo, iron-rust – ferrum]

  The antique box was hoisted off the dusty attic shelves revealing to the sisters a pile of ferruginous wooden handtools, stained with years of their great grandfather’s hopes …

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