Glossary of Terms and PhrasesHenry Percy Smith D. Appleton, 1883 - 521 pages |
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... Covered with prickles , which are cellular ; while thorns or spines grow from the wood , and are stiff shortened branches . Acuminate leaf [ L. acumen , a point ] has a projecting , tapering point , e.g. the common reed ; Acute being ...
... Covered with prickles , which are cellular ; while thorns or spines grow from the wood , and are stiff shortened branches . Acuminate leaf [ L. acumen , a point ] has a projecting , tapering point , e.g. the common reed ; Acute being ...
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... covered with the skin of the goat Amalthæa , which had nursed him , and given by him to Athena , who by fixing on it the head of Medusa gave to it the power of petrifying all who looked at it . ( Gorgon . ) Egrescit mědendo . [ L. ] Lit ...
... covered with the skin of the goat Amalthæa , which had nursed him , and given by him to Athena , who by fixing on it the head of Medusa gave to it the power of petrifying all who looked at it . ( Gorgon . ) Egrescit mědendo . [ L. ] Lit ...
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... covered garden seat . Alcyonidæ . [ Gr . åλkvóvelov , a zoophyte , like the nest of the kingfisher , åλкřív , -óvos . ] Fam . of Alcyonāria , or Asteroid Polypes , as Alcyoni- um , " Dead men's fingers . " Áldehyde , i.e. alcohol ...
... covered garden seat . Alcyonidæ . [ Gr . åλkvóvelov , a zoophyte , like the nest of the kingfisher , åλкřív , -óvos . ] Fam . of Alcyonāria , or Asteroid Polypes , as Alcyoni- um , " Dead men's fingers . " Áldehyde , i.e. alcohol ...
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... covered by an oily ink , leaves the engraving in relief . Analysis . [ Gr . dváλvois , dva - λów , I unloose . ] | 1. Resolution of a whole , logical or material , into its parts ; opposed to Synthesis [ ouveeσis , from ov , together ...
... covered by an oily ink , leaves the engraving in relief . Analysis . [ Gr . dváλvois , dva - λów , I unloose . ] | 1. Resolution of a whole , logical or material , into its parts ; opposed to Synthesis [ ouveeσis , from ov , together ...
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... covered area , especially in exhibition buildings . 2. A paper joined to a diplomatic document . Annihilationists [ Eccl . L. annihilo , I bring to nothing ] understand the death which is the wages of sin to be a gradual extinction of ...
... covered area , especially in exhibition buildings . 2. A paper joined to a diplomatic document . Annihilationists [ Eccl . L. annihilo , I bring to nothing ] understand the death which is the wages of sin to be a gradual extinction of ...
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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