Glossary of Terms and PhrasesHenry Percy Smith D. Appleton, 1883 - 521 pages |
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... land ; land is said to abut on this road or that river . Academics . ( Academy . ) Academy figure . A drawing generally made in black and white chalk from a living model , as by students at an Academy of Arts . Academy , Philosophy of ...
... land ; land is said to abut on this road or that river . Academics . ( Academy . ) Academy figure . A drawing generally made in black and white chalk from a living model , as by students at an Academy of Arts . Academy , Philosophy of ...
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... land ; in gross , when it has become separated . Adynamic illness . [ Gr . à neg . , dúvăμis , power . ] ( Med . ) Illness characterized by want of power . Adytum . [ L. , Gr . ăduтov , not to be trodden . ] The shrine of an ancient ...
... land ; in gross , when it has become separated . Adynamic illness . [ Gr . à neg . , dúvăμis , power . ] ( Med . ) Illness characterized by want of power . Adytum . [ L. , Gr . ăduтov , not to be trodden . ] The shrine of an ancient ...
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... lands acquired by conquest . Agreement . ( Naut . ) The master of a vessel exceeding eighty tons must enter into an A ... land , orchards , gardens , and woods , supplying also the number of horses , cattle , sheep , and pigs . Agrimony ...
... lands acquired by conquest . Agreement . ( Naut . ) The master of a vessel exceeding eighty tons must enter into an A ... land , orchards , gardens , and woods , supplying also the number of horses , cattle , sheep , and pigs . Agrimony ...
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... land . Alcoran . [ Ar . , the book . ] The Mohammedan scriptures , which are said to have been dictated to Mohammed by the angel Gabriel . Alcornoque bark . An astringent bark , generally cork , used in tanning . Alcove . [ Ar . el kauf ...
... land . Alcoran . [ Ar . , the book . ] The Mohammedan scriptures , which are said to have been dictated to Mohammed by the angel Gabriel . Alcornoque bark . An astringent bark , generally cork , used in tanning . Alcove . [ Ar . el kauf ...
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... Land held by a man in his own right , and free from all feudal burden : opposed to fee , fief , feud . Some con ... Land added to an estate by alluvial deposit from sea or stream . Alluvium . [ Neut . of L. alluvius , alluvial . ] Earth ...
... Land held by a man in his own right , and free from all feudal burden : opposed to fee , fief , feud . Some con ... Land added to an estate by alluvial deposit from sea or stream . Alluvium . [ Neut . of L. alluvius , alluvial . ] Earth ...
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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