Glossary of Terms and PhrasesHenry Percy Smith D. Appleton, 1883 - 521 pages |
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... piece . A short , light play , performed after the principal piece of a theatrical enter- tainment . Aga . ( Effendi . ) Agacerie . [ Fr. ] Provoking coquetry . Littré refers Fr. agacer , to provoke , to Norm . agasser , to chase away ...
... piece . A short , light play , performed after the principal piece of a theatrical enter- tainment . Aga . ( Effendi . ) Agacerie . [ Fr. ] Provoking coquetry . Littré refers Fr. agacer , to provoke , to Norm . agasser , to chase away ...
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... piece of red cloth . ] ( Bot . ) A covering to the seed , derived from expansion of the placenta ; the mace of the nutmeg . Adj . , Arillate . Arimanes , Areimanios . Gr . corr . of Ahri- man ( q.v. ) . Ariolation , Hariolation . [ L ...
... piece of red cloth . ] ( Bot . ) A covering to the seed , derived from expansion of the placenta ; the mace of the nutmeg . Adj . , Arillate . Arimanes , Areimanios . Gr . corr . of Ahri- man ( q.v. ) . Ariolation , Hariolation . [ L ...
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... piece of wood [ Fr. arête ] . Arroba . [ Sp . and Port . ] Weight and measure . ( Aroba . ) Arrogation . [ L. arrogatio , -nem , from ad , to , rero , I ask . ] Adoption of a person of full age , [ sui juris ] ; because the consent of ...
... piece of wood [ Fr. arête ] . Arroba . [ Sp . and Port . ] Weight and measure . ( Aroba . ) Arrogation . [ L. arrogatio , -nem , from ad , to , rero , I ask . ] Adoption of a person of full age , [ sui juris ] ; because the consent of ...
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... piece of salt water . Atom . [ Gr . & тoμos , indivisible . ] 1. One of the ultimate portions into which matter is ... pieces of rock . Attollent [ L. attollo , I lift up ] muscles , or Levator muscles [ lěvo , I raise ] , raise some ...
... piece of salt water . Atom . [ Gr . & тoμos , indivisible . ] 1. One of the ultimate portions into which matter is ... pieces of rock . Attollent [ L. attollo , I lift up ] muscles , or Levator muscles [ lěvo , I raise ] , raise some ...
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... piece should coincide . ( For Major A. and Minor A. , vide Ellipse . ) 3. ( Bot . ) The root and stem of the whole plant . The plumule and radicle are the axes of growth , around which all other parts are arranged . Axis of a crystal ...
... piece should coincide . ( For Major A. and Minor A. , vide Ellipse . ) 3. ( Bot . ) The root and stem of the whole plant . The plumule and radicle are the axes of growth , around which all other parts are arranged . Axis of a crystal ...
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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