Glossary of Terms and PhrasesHenry Percy Smith D. Appleton, 1883 - 521 pages |
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... ancient Mexicans . Fam . Pythōnĭdæ . Abomāsus . Fourth stomach of a ruminant . À bon chat bon rat . [ Fr. , to good cat good rat . ] The parties are well matched . Aborigines . [ L. ] Inhabitants ab ŏrīgine , pre- historic ...
... ancient Mexicans . Fam . Pythōnĭdæ . Abomāsus . Fourth stomach of a ruminant . À bon chat bon rat . [ Fr. , to good cat good rat . ] The parties are well matched . Aborigines . [ L. ] Inhabitants ab ŏrīgine , pre- historic ...
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... ancient temple ; called Secos in the temples of Egypt . Cf. Holy of holies . Adze , Addice . [ A.S. adese , an axe ; cf. L. ascia , Gr . atin . ] Wood too rough , or not con- veniently placed , for planing , is dressed with an A. , a ...
... ancient temple ; called Secos in the temples of Egypt . Cf. Holy of holies . Adze , Addice . [ A.S. adese , an axe ; cf. L. ascia , Gr . atin . ] Wood too rough , or not con- veniently placed , for planing , is dressed with an A. , a ...
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... Ancient Mariner , " The fair breeze blew , the white foam flew . " Labōrāre est ōrāre = Work is worship . ( Assonance . ) Alliterative poems . Poems in metres , the rhythm of which depends on the recurrence of sounds in the initial ...
... Ancient Mariner , " The fair breeze blew , the white foam flew . " Labōrāre est ōrāre = Work is worship . ( Assonance . ) Alliterative poems . Poems in metres , the rhythm of which depends on the recurrence of sounds in the initial ...
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... Ancient . Corr . of ensign [ L. insigně ] . Ancient demesne . Lands named in Domes- day Book as Terra Regis . Ancientry . Antiquity of lineage . Ancients . [ Fr. anciens . ] Gentlemen of the Inns of Court and Chancery . Ancilia . [ L ...
... Ancient . Corr . of ensign [ L. insigně ] . Ancient demesne . Lands named in Domes- day Book as Terra Regis . Ancientry . Antiquity of lineage . Ancients . [ Fr. anciens . ] Gentlemen of the Inns of Court and Chancery . Ancilia . [ L ...
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... ancient Ancỹra , Asia Minor . ( Tentmaker . ) Angōra goat . ( A. cat . ) Variety of goat , with long silky hair , generally white . Angostura bark ; A. bitters . The bark of the Gulipea cuspãria , a S. American tree , common around ...
... ancient Ancỹra , Asia Minor . ( Tentmaker . ) Angōra goat . ( A. cat . ) Variety of goat , with long silky hair , generally white . Angostura bark ; A. bitters . The bark of the Gulipea cuspãria , a S. American tree , common around ...
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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