Glossary of Terms and PhrasesHenry Percy Smith D. Appleton, 1883 - 521 pages |
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... Called by the Hindus Amrita . ( Nectar . ) Ambrosian Office . One partly composed , partly compiled , by St. Ambrose , at the end of the fourth century ; it withstood all attempts to sub- stitute the Roman order ; confirmed by Alexander ...
... Called by the Hindus Amrita . ( Nectar . ) Ambrosian Office . One partly composed , partly compiled , by St. Ambrose , at the end of the fourth century ; it withstood all attempts to sub- stitute the Roman order ; confirmed by Alexander ...
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... called Eponymos , as giving his name to the year ; the second , Basileus , king , as being the high priest ; the third , Polěmarch , ruler in war , as commanding the army . The other six were called Thesmothětæ , setters forth of the ...
... called Eponymos , as giving his name to the year ; the second , Basileus , king , as being the high priest ; the third , Polěmarch , ruler in war , as commanding the army . The other six were called Thesmothětæ , setters forth of the ...
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... called from its resembling that which is really an automaton , or self - moved thing . ( Automatic . ) Automedon . [ Gr . , self - ruling . ] In the Iliad , the charioteer of Achilles . Hence any one skilled in driving . Autonomy . [ Gr ...
... called from its resembling that which is really an automaton , or self - moved thing . ( Automatic . ) Automedon . [ Gr . , self - ruling . ] In the Iliad , the charioteer of Achilles . Hence any one skilled in driving . Autonomy . [ Gr ...
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... called nitrate of silver . 8. ( Dyeing . ) A substance used as a mordant . Base - ball . The national game of the U.S. of America , somewhat like our rounders ; SO called from the four bases , one at each corner of a square , whose side ...
... called nitrate of silver . 8. ( Dyeing . ) A substance used as a mordant . Base - ball . The national game of the U.S. of America , somewhat like our rounders ; SO called from the four bases , one at each corner of a square , whose side ...
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... called , built originally outside the city of Paris , and destroyed by the people , 1789 . Bastinado . [ Sp . ] 1. An Eastern punishment , of beating the soles of the feet . 2. Generally , cudgelling , beating . Bastion . [ Fr. , It ...
... called , built originally outside the city of Paris , and destroyed by the people , 1789 . Bastinado . [ Sp . ] 1. An Eastern punishment , of beating the soles of the feet . 2. Generally , cudgelling , beating . Bastion . [ Fr. , It ...
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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