Glossary of Terms and PhrasesHenry Percy Smith D. Appleton, 1883 - 521 pages |
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... Hindu . History . Icelandic . Ichthyology . ironical . Italian . Japanese . Jurisprudence . kingdom . Latin . Language . Legal . Low German . Literature . literally . Low Latin . Magnetism . metaph . ( Meteorol . ) = = = =
... Hindu . History . Icelandic . Ichthyology . ironical . Italian . Japanese . Jurisprudence . kingdom . Latin . Language . Legal . Low German . Literature . literally . Low Latin . Magnetism . metaph . ( Meteorol . ) = = = =
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... Italy , ( 3 ) in the nether world of Hades , mistakenly supposed in this instance to be so named as flowing with aches , grief , and pains , as if from axos , ache , pain , and séw , I flow . ( Lethe ; Phlegethon ; Styx . ) A cheval ...
... Italy , ( 3 ) in the nether world of Hades , mistakenly supposed in this instance to be so named as flowing with aches , grief , and pains , as if from axos , ache , pain , and séw , I flow . ( Lethe ; Phlegethon ; Styx . ) A cheval ...
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... Italy . As compared with the genuine epic poems which have sprung from the traditions of the people , the E. is an arti- ficial epic . Eolian . Anything relating to the Greek wind- god Aiolos , Æõlus , the guardian of the winds , which ...
... Italy . As compared with the genuine epic poems which have sprung from the traditions of the people , the E. is an arti- ficial epic . Eolian . Anything relating to the Greek wind- god Aiolos , Æõlus , the guardian of the winds , which ...
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... Italy , dressed in white , living on the highways , sorrow- ing for sins of the age ; dispersed by Boniface IX . Aix - la - Chapelle , Peace of . 1. A treaty relating to the Spanish Netherlands , made in 1668 , between Louis XIV . and ...
... Italy , dressed in white , living on the highways , sorrow- ing for sins of the age ; dispersed by Boniface IX . Aix - la - Chapelle , Peace of . 1. A treaty relating to the Spanish Netherlands , made in 1668 , between Louis XIV . and ...
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... Italy , about the eleventh century . ( Oleron , Laws of ; Wisby , Ordinances of . ) Amalgam . [ Gr . μáλayua , a thing softened . ] A combination of metals , into which mercury generally enters , rubbed together while in a powdery state ...
... Italy , about the eleventh century . ( Oleron , Laws of ; Wisby , Ordinances of . ) Amalgam . [ Gr . μáλayua , a thing softened . ] A combination of metals , into which mercury generally enters , rubbed together while in a powdery state ...
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Acanthopterygii Accipitres acid America Anat ancient applied Arch Astron axis birds bishop body called Canonical hours Celt centre century Chem circle coin colour common corr court curve denote earth Eccl Eleusinian Mysteries England English Entom escutcheon feet fish formerly French Geol Greek head heat Hence Hind Hist Horace horse Ichth inches India Indian instrument iron kind king land Latin Church light Littré Lord lower magnetic Manichæans mast Math means measure ment metal molluscs motion Music Myth name given Naut O.Fr officer Onomatop Oolite origin Ornith person piece plane plants Rhet right angles Roman rope round sail Scotland ship side sometimes spec stone substance supposed surface term tion tree vessel vide wheel wind wood word Zool