Glossary of Terms and PhrasesHenry Percy Smith D. Appleton, 1883 - 521 pages |
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... Letter to the Atheneum , February 4 , 1882. ) Abacus . [ L. , Gr . & ẞak , áẞakos , a table , slab . ] 1. The tablet on ... letters and fashion . The A. commendataires , nominated + B | ( as of S.I. and M.G. ) there are GLOSSARY OF TERMS ...
... Letter to the Atheneum , February 4 , 1882. ) Abacus . [ L. , Gr . & ẞak , áẞakos , a table , slab . ] 1. The tablet on ... letters and fashion . The A. commendataires , nominated + B | ( as of S.I. and M.G. ) there are GLOSSARY OF TERMS ...
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... letters , I , H , ( I , E , S ) —which last was at one time written very like our C- in the Greek IнZOTE , Jesus ; A.S. , anno să- lūtis , in the year of our salvation , = anno Do- mini ; B.V.M. , beata Virgo Maria , the blessed Virgin ...
... letters , I , H , ( I , E , S ) —which last was at one time written very like our C- in the Greek IнZOTE , Jesus ; A.S. , anno să- lūtis , in the year of our salvation , = anno Do- mini ; B.V.M. , beata Virgo Maria , the blessed Virgin ...
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... letter , and to distinguish the mem- bers of the group by figures , 1 , 2 , 3 , etc. , to the right and below , called ... Letters of the alphabet are used to are the Fr. centimètre , gramme , second ; m.s.l. denote numbers or numerical ...
... letter , and to distinguish the mem- bers of the group by figures , 1 , 2 , 3 , etc. , to the right and below , called ... Letters of the alphabet are used to are the Fr. centimètre , gramme , second ; m.s.l. denote numbers or numerical ...
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... letters of the alphabet , in imitation of Heb . acrostic poetry , e.g. Ps . cxix . Abecedary circles . Rings of letters described round magnetized needles , by which friends were supposed to be able to communicate , looking at them at ...
... letters of the alphabet , in imitation of Heb . acrostic poetry , e.g. Ps . cxix . Abecedary circles . Rings of letters described round magnetized needles , by which friends were supposed to be able to communicate , looking at them at ...
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... letters which make up the word A. stand in Greek numerals for 1 , 2 , 100 , 1 , 60 , I , 200 = 365. [ Pers . Abraxas or Abrasas , God . ] ( Abracadabra . ) Stones have been found bearing this name written , together with an emblem , the ...
... letters which make up the word A. stand in Greek numerals for 1 , 2 , 100 , 1 , 60 , I , 200 = 365. [ Pers . Abraxas or Abrasas , God . ] ( Abracadabra . ) Stones have been found bearing this name written , together with an emblem , the ...
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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