Glossary of Terms and PhrasesHenry Percy Smith D. Appleton, 1883 - 521 pages |
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... given , it may be well to say that very often the nearest cognate form simply has been set down - not as implying , by any means , that in all such cases the word has been necessarily borrowed from the one to the other . The references ...
... given , it may be well to say that very often the nearest cognate form simply has been set down - not as implying , by any means , that in all such cases the word has been necessarily borrowed from the one to the other . The references ...
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... given set of parallel straight lines in the object viewed appears to meet . is found by drawing a straight line from the spectator's eye to the perspective plane , parallel to the given lines . It is called accidental to distinguish it ...
... given set of parallel straight lines in the object viewed appears to meet . is found by drawing a straight line from the spectator's eye to the perspective plane , parallel to the given lines . It is called accidental to distinguish it ...
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... given to the oldest Greek statues , the body being still of wood and draped , but the extremities , head , arms , feet , of marble ; marking the transition into marble statuary . Acromonogrammaticum . [ Gr . & кpos , extreme , μóvos ...
... given to the oldest Greek statues , the body being still of wood and draped , but the extremities , head , arms , feet , of marble ; marking the transition into marble statuary . Acromonogrammaticum . [ Gr . & кpos , extreme , μóvos ...
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... given to a gen . of ord . Ranunculaceæ . Adopter , or Adapter . ( Chem . ) A two - necked receiver , placed between a retort and another receiver , increasing the length of the neck of the retort , and giving more space to elastic ...
... given to a gen . of ord . Ranunculaceæ . Adopter , or Adapter . ( Chem . ) A two - necked receiver , placed between a retort and another receiver , increasing the length of the neck of the retort , and giving more space to elastic ...
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... 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. he grows worse by the healing ; the remedy makes matters worse ...
... 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. he grows worse by the healing ; the remedy makes matters worse ...
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Common terms and phrases
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