Glossary of Terms and PhrasesHenry Percy Smith D. Appleton, 1883 - 521 pages |
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... vessel in a fleet . Admiral ; Vice - A .; Rear - A .; A. of Fleet . ( Rank . ) In the Newfoundland fisheries , the first three vessels to arrive are the A. , Vice - A . , and Rear - A . , respectively . Admittatur . [ L. ] In some ...
... vessel in a fleet . Admiral ; Vice - A .; Rear - A .; A. of Fleet . ( Rank . ) In the Newfoundland fisheries , the first three vessels to arrive are the A. , Vice - A . , and Rear - A . , respectively . Admittatur . [ L. ] In some ...
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... vessel exceeding eighty tons must enter into an A. in a special form with each of his crew carried from a British port . Agricultural Holdings Act , of 38 and 39 Vict . , has for its object the securing to tenants com- pensation for ...
... vessel exceeding eighty tons must enter into an A. in a special form with each of his crew carried from a British port . Agricultural Holdings Act , of 38 and 39 Vict . , has for its object the securing to tenants com- pensation for ...
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... vessel . ] ( Anat . ) Knowledge of the vessels of the body . Angel . [ Gr . byyeλos , New Testament , an angel . ] An old coin worth ten shillings , marked with the figure of an angel . Angel Doctor . ( Doctor . ) Angel , Order of ...
... vessel . ] ( Anat . ) Knowledge of the vessels of the body . Angel . [ Gr . byyeλos , New Testament , an angel . ] An old coin worth ten shillings , marked with the figure of an angel . Angel Doctor . ( Doctor . ) Angel , Order of ...
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... vessels . Angiosperms . [ Gr . dyyeîov , a vessel , σrépμa , seed . ] ( Bot . ) Such exogens as have seeds enclosed in a seed - vessel ; Gymnosperms [ yvurós , naked ] being those whose seeds are perfected without a seed - vessel ...
... vessels . Angiosperms . [ Gr . dyyeîov , a vessel , σrépμa , seed . ] ( Bot . ) Such exogens as have seeds enclosed in a seed - vessel ; Gymnosperms [ yvurós , naked ] being those whose seeds are perfected without a seed - vessel ...
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... vessels , or in minerals , etc. Arbor vitæ . [ L. ] ( Bot . ) Thuja , a gen . of trees , ord . Coniferæ , allied to the ... vessel when broken- backed . Architectonic . [ Gr . aρXITEKTOVIKós . ] Like or pertaining to a master builder ...
... vessels , or in minerals , etc. Arbor vitæ . [ L. ] ( Bot . ) Thuja , a gen . of trees , ord . Coniferæ , allied to the ... vessel when broken- backed . Architectonic . [ Gr . aρXITEKTOVIKós . ] Like or pertaining to a master builder ...
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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