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Italy is very rich in dialects , and also in vocabularies and dictionaries . ... Chambers's Etymological Dictionary has " Jennet , same as genet , " and under the latter repeats Walker's definition , adding the derivation , " Fr. genêt ...
Italy is very rich in dialects , and also in vocabularies and dictionaries . ... Chambers's Etymological Dictionary has " Jennet , same as genet , " and under the latter repeats Walker's definition , adding the derivation , " Fr. genêt ...
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Ogilvie ( Student's 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 ...
Ogilvie ( Student's 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 ...
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A 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 ...
A 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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