SCAPEGOAT
\skˈe͡ɪpɡə͡ʊt], \skˈeɪpɡəʊt], \s_k_ˈeɪ_p_ɡ_əʊ_t]\
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By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A goat on which, once a year, the Jewish high-priest confessed the sins of the people, and which was then allowed to escape into the wilderness.
By Daniel Lyons
Word of the day
tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].