Glossary of Terms and PhrasesHenry Percy Smith D. Appleton, 1883 - 521 pages |
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... wind bears on their front . They are Taken or Ab assuētis non fit injuria [ Leg . L. , wrong Laid A. by accident or design respectively . does not arise from what one is accustomed to ] , Abacot . A spurious word , given in all dic ...
... wind bears on their front . They are Taken or Ab assuētis non fit injuria [ Leg . L. , wrong Laid A. by accident or design respectively . does not arise from what one is accustomed to ] , Abacot . A spurious word , given in all dic ...
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... wind- ward ; Lee B. , the other side . Abecedarian hymns . Hymns in which the first verse or stanza began with the first , and succeed- ing verses or stanzas with the succeeding , letters of the alphabet , in imitation of Heb . acrostic ...
... wind- ward ; Lee B. , the other side . Abecedarian hymns . Hymns in which the first verse or stanza began with the first , and succeed- ing verses or stanzas with the succeeding , letters of the alphabet , in imitation of Heb . acrostic ...
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... wind , and fill on the other tack . Ready about and about ship are orders to go about . Ab ōvo usque ad māla . [ L. ] From the beginning to the end ; lit. from the egg , the first dish , to the apples , the last , in a Roman meal . Abox ...
... wind , and fill on the other tack . Ready about and about ship are orders to go about . Ab ōvo usque ad māla . [ L. ] From the beginning to the end ; lit. from the egg , the first dish , to the apples , the last , in a Roman meal . Abox ...
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... wind- god Aiolos , Æõlus , the guardian of the winds , which he kept pent up in bags in his vast cave . Eolian attachment . [ L. Æŏlus , god of winds . ] Converts a piano into a wind instrument by bellows attached to the pedal ...
... wind- god Aiolos , Æõlus , the guardian of the winds , which he kept pent up in bags in his vast cave . Eolian attachment . [ L. Æŏlus , god of winds . ] Converts a piano into a wind instrument by bellows attached to the pedal ...
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... wind and holding it . Ahriman . In the Zend - Avesta , or sacred books of the Persians , the evil god or principle is called Angrô - Mainyus ( spirit of darkness ) , a word of which Arimanes and Ahriman are the Latin and English forms ...
... wind and holding it . Ahriman . In the Zend - Avesta , or sacred books of the Persians , the evil god or principle is called Angrô - Mainyus ( spirit of darkness ) , a word of which Arimanes and Ahriman are the Latin and English forms ...
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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