Glossary of Terms and PhrasesHenry Percy Smith D. Appleton, 1883 - 521 pages |
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... feet . All - fours . In cards , a game of chance in which four points may be made : ( 1 ) by highest trump ; ( 2 ) by lowest ; ( 3 ) by knave of trumps ; ( 4 ) by majority of pips from tricks taken . All - hallows , All - hallowmas ...
... feet . All - fours . In cards , a game of chance in which four points may be made : ( 1 ) by highest trump ; ( 2 ) by lowest ; ( 3 ) by knave of trumps ; ( 4 ) by majority of pips from tricks taken . All - hallows , All - hallowmas ...
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... feet , spondees and iambuses , an anapæst being sometimes substituted for the first foot ; that of Anacreon of Teos , an amatory lyric poet , sixth century B.C. Anadom . [ Gr . ἀνάδημα , ἀνα - δέω , I bind or tie up . ] A fillet ...
... feet , spondees and iambuses , an anapæst being sometimes substituted for the first foot ; that of Anacreon of Teos , an amatory lyric poet , sixth century B.C. Anadom . [ Gr . ἀνάδημα , ἀνα - δέω , I bind or tie up . ] A fillet ...
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... feet of the horse among Ungulata . Anjou . Old province of France , capital Angers . Anlace . A short dagger , worn in the four- teenth and fifteenth centuries . Annandale . The larger and eastern part of Dumfriesshire , from Norman to ...
... feet of the horse among Ungulata . Anjou . Old province of France , capital Angers . Anlace . A short dagger , worn in the four- teenth and fifteenth centuries . Annandale . The larger and eastern part of Dumfriesshire , from Norman to ...
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... feet long ; em- ployed by Corelli , Handel , etc. Arch - marshal . [ Ger . erz - marschall . ] Grand- marshal of the empire ; a dignity once attached to the Elector of Saxony . Archōns . [ Gr . , a ruler . ] The chief magis . trates in ...
... feet long ; em- ployed by Corelli , Handel , etc. Arch - marshal . [ Ger . erz - marschall . ] Grand- marshal of the empire ; a dignity once attached to the Elector of Saxony . Archōns . [ Gr . , a ruler . ] The chief magis . trates in ...
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... feet high , black , inhabiting forests at the base of the Himalayas . Būbălus , Buffălus . Sub - fam . Bovinæ , fam ... feet or § of an English acre ; the A. des eaux et forêts or mesure royale was 48,400 French square feet , or about 1 ...
... feet high , black , inhabiting forests at the base of the Himalayas . Būbălus , Buffălus . Sub - fam . Bovinæ , fam ... feet or § of an English acre ; the A. des eaux et forêts or mesure royale was 48,400 French square feet , or about 1 ...
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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