Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory, and N. Bosworth assisted by other gentlemen of eminence, Volume 41819 |
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... five hundred ; which arises hence , that in the Gothic characters , the D is half the M , which signifies a thousand . Hence the verse , " Litera Dvelut A quingentos significabit . " A dash added a - top D , denotes it to stand for five ...
... five hundred ; which arises hence , that in the Gothic characters , the D is half the M , which signifies a thousand . Hence the verse , " Litera Dvelut A quingentos significabit . " A dash added a - top D , denotes it to stand for five ...
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... five - cleft ; berry one seeded . Three species , natives of the Cape or Tongataba island . DA'ISY.8 . ( dægereage , Saxon , day's eye . ) A spring flower . See BELLIS . DA'ISY ( Blue ) . See GLOBULARIA . DAISY ( Ox - eye ) . See ...
... five - cleft ; berry one seeded . Three species , natives of the Cape or Tongataba island . DA'ISY.8 . ( dægereage , Saxon , day's eye . ) A spring flower . See BELLIS . DA'ISY ( Blue ) . See GLOBULARIA . DAISY ( Ox - eye ) . See ...
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... five - cleft ; corol papilionaceous ; stigma simple , acute ; legume compressed , one- seeded . One species only ; a native of Austra lasia : a rigid shrub with simple pungent leaves . DAVIS ( John ) , a famous navigator in the ...
... five - cleft ; corol papilionaceous ; stigma simple , acute ; legume compressed , one- seeded . One species only ; a native of Austra lasia : a rigid shrub with simple pungent leaves . DAVIS ( John ) , a famous navigator in the ...
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... five chosen from the plebeians and five from the patricians . Sylla increased their number to fifteen , called quindecemvirs . DE / CENCE . DECENCY . S. ( decence , Fr. ) 1. Proper formality ; becoming ceremony ( Spenser ) . 2 ...
... five chosen from the plebeians and five from the patricians . Sylla increased their number to fifteen , called quindecemvirs . DE / CENCE . DECENCY . S. ( decence , Fr. ) 1. Proper formality ; becoming ceremony ( Spenser ) . 2 ...
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... five and twenty shillings . DECOY - DUCK , a duck that lures others . To DECREASE . v . a . ( decresco , Lat . ) To grow less ; to be diminished ( Newton ) . To DECREASE . v , n . To make less ; to di- minish ( Daniel ) . DECREASE . 8 ...
... five and twenty shillings . DECOY - DUCK , a duck that lures others . To DECREASE . v . a . ( decresco , Lat . ) To grow less ; to be diminished ( Newton ) . To DECREASE . v , n . To make less ; to di- minish ( Daniel ) . DECREASE . 8 ...
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