The American Encyclopaedic Dictionary: A ... Work of Reference to the English Language Defining Over 250,000 Words ... Containing Over One Hundred Maps and Diagrams and Nearly Four Thousand Illustrations, Band 8R.S. Peale and J.A. Hill, 1897 |
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... subst . [ Fr. pucelle a maid . ] A dirty slattern ; a hussy . puz - zle , v . t . & i . [ PUZZLE , 8. ] A. Transitive : 1. To perplex , to embarrass , as with a difficult question ; sometimes , to entangle . 2. To discover with ...
... subst . [ Fr. pucelle a maid . ] A dirty slattern ; a hussy . puz - zle , v . t . & i . [ PUZZLE , 8. ] A. Transitive : 1. To perplex , to embarrass , as with a difficult question ; sometimes , to entangle . 2. To discover with ...
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... subst . [ Prefix pyr- ; Greek heat , ( 2 ) fever , from porfir fyretos ( 1 ) burning vert into pyrites . Min .: An isometric mineral occurring frequently crystallized , also massive , in mammillary forms line surface . Hardness , 6-65 ...
... subst . [ Prefix pyr- ; Greek heat , ( 2 ) fever , from porfir fyretos ( 1 ) burning vert into pyrites . Min .: An isometric mineral occurring frequently crystallized , also massive , in mammillary forms line surface . Hardness , 6-65 ...
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... subst . [ Pref . pyro- , and English conine . ] Chem .: A basic poisonous substance said to be produced by the dry distillation of hemlock . ( Watts . ) py - rŏc - o - nite , s . Pref . pyro- ; Greek konis = a powder , and suff . -ite ...
... subst . [ Pref . pyro- , and English conine . ] Chem .: A basic poisonous substance said to be produced by the dry distillation of hemlock . ( Watts . ) py - rŏc - o - nite , s . Pref . pyro- ; Greek konis = a powder , and suff . -ite ...
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... subst . [ PYTHONIC . ] A conjurer . ( Cockeram . ) py - thon - o - mor - pha , s . pl . [ Mod . Lat . python ; ○ connect . , and Gr . morphe = form . ] Paleontology : Cope's name for the Mosasaurida ( q . v . ) . py - ür ' - I - a , s ...
... subst . [ PYTHONIC . ] A conjurer . ( Cockeram . ) py - thon - o - mor - pha , s . pl . [ Mod . Lat . python ; ○ connect . , and Gr . morphe = form . ] Paleontology : Cope's name for the Mosasaurida ( q . v . ) . py - ür ' - I - a , s ...
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... subst . [ Latin , contracted from quadrijuga , from quatuor four , and jugum a yoke . ] Roman Antiq .: A two - wheeled car or chariot drawn by four horses , harnessed all abreast . It was used in the Circensian games of the Romans ...
... subst . [ Latin , contracted from quadrijuga , from quatuor four , and jugum a yoke . ] Roman Antiq .: A two - wheeled car or chariot drawn by four horses , harnessed all abreast . It was used in the Circensian games of the Romans ...
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