Word: decayed
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...Princetonian considers "pure orthodoxy a bulwark" against the decay of the college...
...singles. The only two four-oared working boats owned by the club are so out of repairs that the scratch race for fours announced for tomorrow's races may have to be given up. It is time that something were done to remedy the existing state of decay in the Harvard navy; it must not be allowed to follow the example set by the navy of the United States...
...observes the growth or the decay...
...this new science we are enabled to ascertain the origin of a rock, the changes its component parts have undergone, and in short its complete history. It gives us information regarding decay in building stone, and points out the injurious matter therein. The minerals in a rock are shown, no matter how minute they may be. The history of meteorites, up to this time unknown, is revealed by this science...
...careful investigation of the joint before the accident would probably have shown the faulty construction and repairs, and the washing away of the mud, but not the decay inside of joint or the shortness of pile in the gravel. My attention had never been called to the condition of the supports to the platform, and I repeatedly asked if there was anything more which required attention...