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... means rasp- berry , but , on the contrary , ascribes that sense to Gaelic soucruu , in more correct orthography subhchraobh or sughchraobh . What , then , is the true origin of yaws ? The disease is called in British Guiana yaws , in ...
... means rasp- berry , but , on the contrary , ascribes that sense to Gaelic soucruu , in more correct orthography subhchraobh or sughchraobh . What , then , is the true origin of yaws ? The disease is called in British Guiana yaws , in ...
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... means " of force , " and opere the first verse as supplied by CUTHBERT is " of , i.e. by necessity , " that is " willy nilly . " A similar expression is probably to be found in many books written between the time of St. Gregory and ...
... means " of force , " and opere the first verse as supplied by CUTHBERT is " of , i.e. by necessity , " that is " willy nilly . " A similar expression is probably to be found in many books written between the time of St. Gregory and ...
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... means to Here " rounding in the ear whisper . An old phrase similar to our modern แ going the round " " to go current " or to " go for current " : " A great while it went for current that it was a " FROM WHENCE . " - In a review of my ...
... means to Here " rounding in the ear whisper . An old phrase similar to our modern แ going the round " " to go current " or to " go for current " : " A great while it went for current that it was a " FROM WHENCE . " - In a review of my ...
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... means move - on - move - on . Now tat - ar is also a genuine Tartar word ; but it means taster , and consequently it is not to the doctor's taste , because it is not charac- teristic , and also because , when the Tartars pronounce their ...
... means move - on - move - on . Now tat - ar is also a genuine Tartar word ; but it means taster , and consequently it is not to the doctor's taste , because it is not charac- teristic , and also because , when the Tartars pronounce their ...
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... mean that theca or teye has the sense of coffer . It means that teye has the sense of the Lat . theca , " an envelope , cover , case , sheath , " and refers to the cover of a coffer , not the coffer itself . Else why the word " of ...
... mean that theca or teye has the sense of coffer . It means that teye has the sense of the Lat . theca , " an envelope , cover , case , sheath , " and refers to the cover of a coffer , not the coffer itself . Else why the word " of ...
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