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Page 71
... Dictionary has “ Jennet , same as genet , " and under the latter repeats Walker's definition , adding the derivation , " Fr. genêt ; Sp . ginete , a horse - soldier ; also given as a horse of Jaen , in Spain . ” Brachet's French dictionary ...
... Dictionary has “ Jennet , same as genet , " and under the latter repeats Walker's definition , adding the derivation , " Fr. genêt ; Sp . ginete , a horse - soldier ; also given as a horse of Jaen , in Spain . ” Brachet's French dictionary ...
Page 190
... Dictionary , 1866 ) gives " Fr. beffroy , a tower , from Celt . bereffreid - ber , to carry , and freid , fear , alarm ; Low Lat . belfredus . Origin- ally a warlike machine used by besiegers and fitted to strike terror into the ...
... Dictionary , 1866 ) gives " Fr. beffroy , a tower , from Celt . bereffreid - ber , to carry , and freid , fear , alarm ; Low Lat . belfredus . Origin- ally a warlike machine used by besiegers and fitted to strike terror into the ...
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... Dictionary of the Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature of Great Britain . By the late Samuel Halkett and the late Rev. John Laing , M.A. Vol . I. ( Edinburgh , Paterson . ) THE publication of the first volume of this long - expected ...
... Dictionary of the Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature of Great Britain . By the late Samuel Halkett and the late Rev. John Laing , M.A. Vol . I. ( Edinburgh , Paterson . ) THE publication of the first volume of this long - expected ...
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