Glossary of Terms and PhrasesHenry Percy Smith D. Appleton, 1883 - 521 pages |
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... round the diameter , round which it is free to move . Often spelt Eolipyle , incorrectly . Eons . [ Gr . alaves , ages . ] By this name the Gnostics , referring to an order of time in their generation , designated the genealogies of ...
... round the diameter , round which it is free to move . Often spelt Eolipyle , incorrectly . Eons . [ Gr . alaves , ages . ] By this name the Gnostics , referring to an order of time in their generation , designated the genealogies of ...
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... round the fields . ] Religious feasts of the Romans , in which the victims were led round the fields . They were celebrated by the twelve Arval Brothers ( Arvāles Fratres ) , at the end of May . Ambassador . [ Fr. ambassadeur . ] A ...
... round the fields . ] Religious feasts of the Romans , in which the victims were led round the fields . They were celebrated by the twelve Arval Brothers ( Arvāles Fratres ) , at the end of May . Ambassador . [ Fr. ambassadeur . ] A ...
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... round the city , which could not be taken while the shield was in Rome . Corssen derives from an , on both sides , cile cut out , root skar , to cut , the A. being panduriform ( q.v. ) . Ancillary . [ L. ancilla , a handmaid . ] Sub ...
... round the city , which could not be taken while the shield was in Rome . Corssen derives from an , on both sides , cile cut out , root skar , to cut , the A. being panduriform ( q.v. ) . Ancillary . [ L. ancilla , a handmaid . ] Sub ...
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... round a cylinder which is held in an inclined position ; when the cylinder is made to turn on its axis water is raised along the pipe . There are several forms of this machine . Arching , or Hogging . ( Naut . ) The falling of the stem ...
... round a cylinder which is held in an inclined position ; when the cylinder is made to turn on its axis water is raised along the pipe . There are several forms of this machine . Arching , or Hogging . ( Naut . ) The falling of the stem ...
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... Round Table . He was slain by his son Mordred , but the story went that he would come forth alive in due time to rescue his country from thraldom . Articles of War . Certain regulations made by the sovereign and confirmed annually by ...
... Round Table . He was slain by his son Mordred , but the story went that he would come forth alive in due time to rescue his country from thraldom . Articles of War . Certain regulations made by the sovereign and confirmed annually by ...
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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