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 2R.S. Peale and J.A. Hill, 1897 |
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... wood - bill or a than the entire instrument . bill - hook , s . Agric . Implem .: A thick , heavy knife with a hooked end , useful for chopping off small branches of trees or cutting apart entangled vines , roots , & c . When a short ...
... wood - bill or a than the entire instrument . bill - hook , s . Agric . Implem .: A thick , heavy knife with a hooked end , useful for chopping off small branches of trees or cutting apart entangled vines , roots , & c . When a short ...
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... wood cut and dry for firing ; billet a block , a clog ; Prov . bilho . Billot is dimin . of Fr. bille , piece of wood . ] A. Ordinary Language : 1. A small log or fagot of wood for firing . " Their billet at the fire was found ...
... wood cut and dry for firing ; billet a block , a clog ; Prov . bilho . Billot is dimin . of Fr. bille , piece of wood . ] A. Ordinary Language : 1. A small log or fagot of wood for firing . " Their billet at the fire was found ...
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... wood the wood that binds . ] A Scotch name for Ivy ( Hedera helix ) . ( Jamieson . ) tbine , * bÿne , s . [ From bind . ] The running or climbing stem of a plant . ( Used especially of the hop plant . ) [ BIND , 8. , B. I. ] ( Gardner ...
... wood the wood that binds . ] A Scotch name for Ivy ( Hedera helix ) . ( Jamieson . ) tbine , * bÿne , s . [ From bind . ] The running or climbing stem of a plant . ( Used especially of the hop plant . ) [ BIND , 8. , B. I. ] ( Gardner ...
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... wooden case or box in which the compass on board a ship is kept to protect it from injury . A light is placed within it at ... Wood : Athena Oxon .; Bookseller to the Reader . ( 2 ) In compos .: In the term autobiographer one who is a ...
... wooden case or box in which the compass on board a ship is kept to protect it from injury . A light is placed within it at ... Wood : Athena Oxon .; Bookseller to the Reader . ( 2 ) In compos .: In the term autobiographer one who is a ...
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... wood of the birch is tough and white . It is used for making brooms ; it is often burned into charcoal ; twigs are by many employed for purposes of castigation . The oil obtained from the white rind is used in tanning Russia leather ...
... wood of the birch is tough and white . It is used for making brooms ; it is often burned into charcoal ; twigs are by many employed for purposes of castigation . The oil obtained from the white rind is used in tanning Russia leather ...
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The American Encyclopaedic Dictionary ... Robert Hunter,John A. Williams,Sidney John Hervon Herrtage Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1894 |
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