The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language: A Complete Encyclopedic Lexicon, Literary, Scientific, and Technological, Volumen3Blackie & son; New-York, The Century Company, 1883 |
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... covered with scales , the largest ones below ; the tail is frequently very long and easily broken ; they have two pairs of limbs , the feet with four or five toes of un- equal length , bearing hooked claws ; the mouth is wide , the ...
... covered with scales , the largest ones below ; the tail is frequently very long and easily broken ; they have two pairs of limbs , the feet with four or five toes of un- equal length , bearing hooked claws ; the mouth is wide , the ...
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... covering of a steam - boiler , and the like , to prevent the radiation of heat . Laggingly ( lag'ing - li ) , adv ... covered with hair - like feathers . See PTARMIGAN . - 2 . Hare's - foot ( which see ) . Lagostoma ( la - gos'tō - ma ) ...
... covering of a steam - boiler , and the like , to prevent the radiation of heat . Laggingly ( lag'ing - li ) , adv ... covered with hair - like feathers . See PTARMIGAN . - 2 . Hare's - foot ( which see ) . Lagostoma ( la - gos'tō - ma ) ...
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... covered with a soft skin . The margins of the beak are furnished with numerous lamellæ or dental plates , arranged in a regular series , as in the swan , goose , or duck . The family comprises the ducks , geese , swans , flamingoes ...
... covered with a soft skin . The margins of the beak are furnished with numerous lamellæ or dental plates , arranged in a regular series , as in the swan , goose , or duck . The family comprises the ducks , geese , swans , flamingoes ...
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... covered with a substance like curled hairs ; as , a lanated leaf or stem . ( b ) In zool . covered with fine , very long , flexible , and rather curly hair . Lancaster - gun ( lan'kas - tér - gun ) , n . [ After its inventor . ] A ...
... covered with a substance like curled hairs ; as , a lanated leaf or stem . ( b ) In zool . covered with fine , very long , flexible , and rather curly hair . Lancaster - gun ( lan'kas - tér - gun ) , n . [ After its inventor . ] A ...
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... covered with down or fine soft hair . Lanyard ( lan'yard ) , n . [ Found also in the forms lanier , laniard , from Fr. lanière , a thong , a strap , originally a woollen band , from L. lanaria , from lana , wool . ] 1. Naut . a short ...
... covered with down or fine soft hair . Lanyard ( lan'yard ) , n . [ Found also in the forms lanier , laniard , from Fr. lanière , a thong , a strap , originally a woollen band , from L. lanaria , from lana , wool . ] 1. Naut . a short ...
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