Glossary of Terms and PhrasesHenry Percy Smith D. Appleton, 1883 - 521 pages |
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... court or a judge . Affiliated societies . In Politics , societies depending on a central society , from which they receive directions . Affinity . [ L. affinĭtā , -tem . ] 1. Relation by marriage ; Consanguinity [ L. consanguinita ...
... court or a judge . Affiliated societies . In Politics , societies depending on a central society , from which they receive directions . Affinity . [ L. affinĭtā , -tem . ] 1. Relation by marriage ; Consanguinity [ L. consanguinita ...
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... court ; sometimes in his shirt , with torch in hand , and rope round the neck . Amenity . [ L. ǎmoenitatem . ] Pleasantness ; amenities often ironical for bitter , abusive re- marks . A mensä et thōro . [ L. , from board and bed . ] A ...
... court ; sometimes in his shirt , with torch in hand , and rope round the neck . Amenity . [ L. ǎmoenitatem . ] Pleasantness ; amenities often ironical for bitter , abusive re- marks . A mensä et thōro . [ L. , from board and bed . ] A ...
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... courts , an officer who attends in court , receives the judge's instructions , cites defendants , sees to the production of witnesses ( see Canon CXXXVIII . ) . Appaumé . ( Apaumé . ) Appellant . [ L. appellantem , appealing . ] ( Leg ...
... courts , an officer who attends in court , receives the judge's instructions , cites defendants , sees to the production of witnesses ( see Canon CXXXVIII . ) . Appaumé . ( Apaumé . ) Appellant . [ L. appellantem , appealing . ] ( Leg ...
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... Court of Arches . [ L. Cūria de arcubus . ] ( Leg . Eccl . ) Court of appeal , whose judge ( dean ) used to sit in the Church of St. Mary - le- Bow ( so called from the arcus , arches , bows , on which the steeple was reared ) . ( Court ...
... Court of Arches . [ L. Cūria de arcubus . ] ( Leg . Eccl . ) Court of appeal , whose judge ( dean ) used to sit in the Church of St. Mary - le- Bow ( so called from the arcus , arches , bows , on which the steeple was reared ) . ( Court ...
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... court of judicature at Athens ; so called as meeting on the Hill of Ares . Its power was greatly in- creased by Solon . Arête . [ L. ǎrista , in the sense of a fish - bone . ] The narrow ridge of a mountain rock . ( Arris . ) Arethusa ...
... court of judicature at Athens ; so called as meeting on the Hill of Ares . Its power was greatly in- creased by Solon . Arête . [ L. ǎrista , in the sense of a fish - bone . ] The narrow ridge of a mountain rock . ( Arris . ) Arethusa ...
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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