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... fact that to " display " formerly meant to carve or cut up a bird ; whence splay - footed . " " 6 Graditly ( MS.W. gradydly ) , Lat . gradatim . Coon is a word often used . I suppose it is coign , a corner . Liclenes ( MS.W. lyknes ) ...
... fact that to " display " formerly meant to carve or cut up a bird ; whence splay - footed . " " 6 Graditly ( MS.W. gradydly ) , Lat . gradatim . Coon is a word often used . I suppose it is coign , a corner . Liclenes ( MS.W. lyknes ) ...
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... fact that a gentle- man , whose name is not given , was by his own desire buried in the foundation of the ruined tower at Europa Point . On this account the cavity in which he was interred was called " The Deadman's Hole . " The ruin ...
... fact that a gentle- man , whose name is not given , was by his own desire buried in the foundation of the ruined tower at Europa Point . On this account the cavity in which he was interred was called " The Deadman's Hole . " The ruin ...
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... fact not hitherto known in Wycliffe's history . The Lincoln Episcopal Registers have been consulted , but they do not contain any such institution . Too much , however , must not be drawn from this omission , for neither is Wycliffe's ...
... fact not hitherto known in Wycliffe's history . The Lincoln Episcopal Registers have been consulted , but they do not contain any such institution . Too much , however , must not be drawn from this omission , for neither is Wycliffe's ...
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... fact that a wife's first child was of doubtful pater- nity . Mr. Elton , who is one of the greatest living authorities on ancient customs , has shown that he gives no credit to the impure story ( Origins of English History , p . 87 ) ...
... fact that a wife's first child was of doubtful pater- nity . Mr. Elton , who is one of the greatest living authorities on ancient customs , has shown that he gives no credit to the impure story ( Origins of English History , p . 87 ) ...
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... fact it was at first used in French as a diminutive of bale , which is after all a mere doublet of ball . Godefroy gives a quotation for ballon , dated 1485 , in this sense of " small bale . " Littré has a quotation for it in the sense ...
... fact it was at first used in French as a diminutive of bale , which is after all a mere doublet of ball . Godefroy gives a quotation for ballon , dated 1485 , in this sense of " small bale . " Littré has a quotation for it in the sense ...
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