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... appears to be derived from A.-S. fretau , to gnaw , rub , chafe , and hence from this word our English fret , which is quite as forcible as our present familiar expression , snap of frosty weather , " and embodies a similar idea . a " A ...
... appears to be derived from A.-S. fretau , to gnaw , rub , chafe , and hence from this word our English fret , which is quite as forcible as our present familiar expression , snap of frosty weather , " and embodies a similar idea . a " A ...
Page 97
... appears at dinner as a well - flask or priming horn " ; and " morsing - poulder , made coat on the back of the gentleman by whom powder used for priming , " and derive the words Amorce , prime , priming . " As all the arrangements were ...
... appears at dinner as a well - flask or priming horn " ; and " morsing - poulder , made coat on the back of the gentleman by whom powder used for priming , " and derive the words Amorce , prime , priming . " As all the arrangements were ...
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... appears as " the name recently adopted to designate all the countries which are considered as forming the fifth great division of the globe . " " Australia " is there used to repre- sent the earlier " Terra Australis , " or rather all ...
... appears as " the name recently adopted to designate all the countries which are considered as forming the fifth great division of the globe . " " Australia " is there used to repre- sent the earlier " Terra Australis , " or rather all ...
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spearian Question | 29 |
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