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... meaning of words to see if I am right — a bad habit , because , as will be seen by the following observations , it almost invariably leads one into endless searches , that take up time . So let us see what the authori- ties say about ...
... meaning of words to see if I am right — a bad habit , because , as will be seen by the following observations , it almost invariably leads one into endless searches , that take up time . So let us see what the authori- ties say about ...
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... meaning as Flet . There is also Flit , Saxon for battle - strife , and Fleot , the tide - Fleotston , the town up to which the tide comes . Again , there is Flux , a flowing - Fluxton ; and also Fleax or Flex , meaning flax - Flaxton ...
... meaning as Flet . There is also Flit , Saxon for battle - strife , and Fleot , the tide - Fleotston , the town up to which the tide comes . Again , there is Flux , a flowing - Fluxton ; and also Fleax or Flex , meaning flax - Flaxton ...
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... meaning is " Fear God . " The words are part of a motto once highly popular in Cornwall : " Owna Dew , parthy an Matern , ha cara guz contrevogion " : " Fear God , honour the King , and love your neighbours . " Town Hall , Cardiff ...
... meaning is " Fear God . " The words are part of a motto once highly popular in Cornwall : " Owna Dew , parthy an Matern , ha cara guz contrevogion " : " Fear God , honour the King , and love your neighbours . " Town Hall , Cardiff ...
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... meaning . Thus Mr. F. Boase has called his dictionary of persons who have died since 1850 Modern English Biography , ' though he includes not only English - in fact , they would only give a portion of the names - but Scots , Irish , and ...
... meaning . Thus Mr. F. Boase has called his dictionary of persons who have died since 1850 Modern English Biography , ' though he includes not only English - in fact , they would only give a portion of the names - but Scots , Irish , and ...
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... meaning which it was intended to express by using " " dis- annul . " Cf. the use of disperdo in Latin with that of perdo . In dialect " disannul " has curiously come to mean dispossess - as , " Pray Ma'm , don't let me disannul you of ...
... meaning which it was intended to express by using " " dis- annul . " Cf. the use of disperdo in Latin with that of perdo . In dialect " disannul " has curiously come to mean dispossess - as , " Pray Ma'm , don't let me disannul you of ...
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