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Page 122
... means measure , we are led to inquire whether other old names of building sites and peasants ' houses may not have been con- nected with mensuration . One of these is the late L. mansus . Jacob Grimm says that this word may , with the ...
... means measure , we are led to inquire whether other old names of building sites and peasants ' houses may not have been con- nected with mensuration . One of these is the late L. mansus . Jacob Grimm says that this word may , with the ...
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are derived . Quashee ( from which comes the botanical term quassia ) means a Sunday child . Cuddjo means the Monday born . Cobena belongs to Tuesday . Mr. Jingle's Quanko ( Pickwick , ' chap . vii . ) belongs to Wednesday . Quow ( well ...
are derived . Quashee ( from which comes the botanical term quassia ) means a Sunday child . Cuddjo means the Monday born . Cobena belongs to Tuesday . Mr. Jingle's Quanko ( Pickwick , ' chap . vii . ) belongs to Wednesday . Quow ( well ...
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... means Bachelor in the Decretals or Canon Law , expressed by " B.Can.L. " in Boase's Register of the Uni- versity of Oxford . The Latin for Bachelor of Divinity is Sacræ Theologiæ " ( or " In Sacra Theologia " ) Baccalaureus . " In ...
... means Bachelor in the Decretals or Canon Law , expressed by " B.Can.L. " in Boase's Register of the Uni- versity of Oxford . The Latin for Bachelor of Divinity is Sacræ Theologiæ " ( or " In Sacra Theologia " ) Baccalaureus . " In ...
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