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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... birds ; bird - lime ( which see ) . You must lay lime to tangle her desires . Shak . 2. A most useful caustic earth , obtained by exposing chalk and other kinds of limestones or carbonates of lime to a red heat - an opera- tion ...
... birds ; bird - lime ( which see ) . You must lay lime to tangle her desires . Shak . 2. A most useful caustic earth , obtained by exposing chalk and other kinds of limestones or carbonates of lime to a red heat - an opera- tion ...
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... birds , frequenting marshes and the sea - shore ; the godwits . See GOD- WIT . L. Limose ( li'mōs ) , a . Same as Limous . Limosella ( li - mō - sel'la ) , n . [ From L. limus , mud in allusion to the habitation of the species . ] A ...
... birds , frequenting marshes and the sea - shore ; the godwits . See GOD- WIT . L. Limose ( li'mōs ) , a . Same as Limous . Limosella ( li - mō - sel'la ) , n . [ From L. limus , mud in allusion to the habitation of the species . ] A ...
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... bird of the genus Fringilla . It is one of the commonest of British birds , everywhere frequenting open heaths and commons , and breeding in the furze and other bushes . They are cheerful and lively birds , and very LINOLEUM sweet and ...
... bird of the genus Fringilla . It is one of the commonest of British birds , everywhere frequenting open heaths and commons , and breeding in the furze and other bushes . They are cheerful and lively birds , and very LINOLEUM sweet and ...
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... birds which , as the grebe , are furnished at their sides with broad - lobed mem- branes . Lobby ( lob'bi ) , n ... birds , with lateral expansions on the toes , not united into webs . They are nearly allied to the rails , and con- nect ...
... birds which , as the grebe , are furnished at their sides with broad - lobed mem- branes . Lobby ( lob'bi ) , n ... birds , with lateral expansions on the toes , not united into webs . They are nearly allied to the rails , and con- nect ...
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... birds , characterized by well - developed wings , pointed and sometimes hooked bill , and by never having the hallux united with the anterior toes by a membrane . The most important groups are the albatross ( Dio- medea ) , the Laridae ...
... birds , characterized by well - developed wings , pointed and sometimes hooked bill , and by never having the hallux united with the anterior toes by a membrane . The most important groups are the albatross ( Dio- medea ) , the Laridae ...
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