Glossary of Terms and PhrasesHenry Percy Smith D. Appleton, 1883 - 521 pages |
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... measure . Abscissa . ( Co - ordinates . ) Absentee . One who derives his income from one country , but resides and spends it in another . Absentem laedit cum ebrio qui litigat . [ L. ] He injures the absent who quarrels with a drunken ...
... measure . Abscissa . ( Co - ordinates . ) Absentee . One who derives his income from one country , but resides and spends it in another . Absentem laedit cum ebrio qui litigat . [ L. ] He injures the absent who quarrels with a drunken ...
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... measure . ] The art of measuring the free acid contained in any liquid . Aciform . [ L. ǎcus . ] Of the shape of a needle . Acinaciform . [ L. ăcinăces . ] Of the shape of a scimitar . Aciniform . [ L. ăcinus . ] Of the shape of a ...
... measure . ] The art of measuring the free acid contained in any liquid . Aciform . [ L. ǎcus . ] Of the shape of a needle . Acinaciform . [ L. ăcinăces . ] Of the shape of a scimitar . Aciniform . [ L. ăcinus . ] Of the shape of a ...
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... measure . ] An instrument for measuring the intensity of the sun's radiant heat . Action . [ L. actio , -nem . ] ( Mil . ) An engage- ment of minor proportions to those of a battle . Action of a moving system , or Quantity of Action ...
... measure . ] An instrument for measuring the intensity of the sun's radiant heat . Action . [ L. actio , -nem . ] ( Mil . ) An engage- ment of minor proportions to those of a battle . Action of a moving system , or Quantity of Action ...
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... measure of its supply . Advanced guard . A detachment preceding the main body of troops on a march , for the purpose of guarding against surprise . Advanced works . Constructed beyond the glacis of a fortification , but still capable of ...
... measure of its supply . Advanced guard . A detachment preceding the main body of troops on a march , for the purpose of guarding against surprise . Advanced works . Constructed beyond the glacis of a fortification , but still capable of ...
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... measure . ] The art of measuring the amount of pure alkali contained in commercial potash or soda . Alkaloids . So called from their power of forming definite salts with the acids ; substances remarkably affecting the human system ...
... measure . ] The art of measuring the amount of pure alkali contained in commercial potash or soda . Alkaloids . So called from their power of forming definite salts with the acids ; substances remarkably affecting the human system ...
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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