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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... middle , and having a lacer- ated irregular margin , such as covers the foliage of the oleaster . Lepismida ( le - pis'mi - dě ) , n . pl . [ Gr . lepisma , a husk , and eidos , resemblance . ] A family of wingless insects , belonging ...
... middle , and having a lacer- ated irregular margin , such as covers the foliage of the oleaster . Lepismida ( le - pis'mi - dě ) , n . pl . [ Gr . lepisma , a husk , and eidos , resemblance . ] A family of wingless insects , belonging ...
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... middle - sized tree , having a hard , brownish , brittle bark , and firm , solid , pon- derous , very resinous wood of a blackish- yellow colour in the middle , and of a hot aromatic taste . The leaves are composed of two or three pairs ...
... middle - sized tree , having a hard , brownish , brittle bark , and firm , solid , pon- derous , very resinous wood of a blackish- yellow colour in the middle , and of a hot aromatic taste . The leaves are composed of two or three pairs ...
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... middle of the chief story of a build- ing , often projecting from the wall , as seen in old Venetian palaces . Logging , tn . A lodging . Chaucer . Log - glass ( log'glas ) , n . Naut . the sand- glass used in heaving the log to obtain ...
... middle of the chief story of a build- ing , often projecting from the wall , as seen in old Venetian palaces . Logging , tn . A lodging . Chaucer . Log - glass ( log'glas ) , n . Naut . the sand- glass used in heaving the log to obtain ...
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... middle of the room . - Louvre- board . See below under Louvre - window.- Louvre - window , the name given to a win- dow in a church tower , partially closed by slabs or sloping boards or bars called louvre- boards ( corrupted into ...
... middle of the room . - Louvre- board . See below under Louvre - window.- Louvre - window , the name given to a win- dow in a church tower , partially closed by slabs or sloping boards or bars called louvre- boards ( corrupted into ...
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... middle ages . - Low steam , steam having a low pressure or expansive force . See Low- PRESSURE , a . Low Sunday , the Sunday next after Easter : so called because it was the practice of the early Christians to repeat some part of the ...
... middle ages . - Low steam , steam having a low pressure or expansive force . See Low- PRESSURE , a . Low Sunday , the Sunday next after Easter : so called because it was the practice of the early Christians to repeat some part of the ...
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