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ROBINROGERTREAT |
First three |
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UNPLACED |
Not in first three |
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PLACEGETTER |
One of first three |
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ABC |
First three of twenty-six |
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AEI |
First three of five |
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PLACEBETTER |
One of first three |
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DOREMI |
First three of a famous eight |
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FORTHCOMING |
What future attractions might sound like after the first three |
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A B C |
The first three letters of the alphabet, used for the whole
alphabet. |
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SYNOPTIC |
One of the first three Gospels of the New Testament. See
Synoptist. |
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THEAVE |
A ewe lamb of the first year; also, a sheep three years
old. |
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ANTIBACCHIUS |
A foot of three syllables, the first two long, and
the last short (#). |
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TRICOLOR |
The national French banner, of three colors, blue, white,
and red, adopted at the first revolution. |
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CONSUL |
One of the three chief magistrates of France from 1799 to
1804, who were called, respectively, first, second, and third consul. |
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CAROLUS |
An English gold coin of the value of twenty or
twenty-three shillings. It was first struck in the reign of Charles I. |
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WHITSUNTIDE |
The week commencing with Whitsunday, esp. the first
three days -- Whitsunday, Whitsun Monday, and Whitsun Tuesday; the time
of Pentecost. |
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BARBARA |
The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent
the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose
three propositions are universal affirmatives. |
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CUNIFORM |
One of the three tarsal bones supporting the first,
second third metatarsals. They are usually designated as external,
middle, and internal, or... |
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FLOWER-DE-LUCE |
A genus of perennial herbs (Iris) with swordlike
leaves and large three-petaled flowers often of very gay colors, but
probably white in the plant first chosen for the royal French emblem. |
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PRICKING-UP |
The first coating of plaster in work of three coats
upon laths. Its surface is scratched once to form a better key for the
next coat. In the United States called scratch coat. |
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EOCENE |
Pertaining to the first in time of the three subdivisions
into which the Tertiary formation is divided by geologists, and
alluding to the appro... |
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ANAPEST |
A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first
two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (/ / -); the
reverse of the dacty... |
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AMPHIBRACH |
A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the
first and last short (~ -- ~); as, h/b/r/. In modern prosody the
accented syllable takes th... |
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MATADOR |
In the game of quadrille or omber, the three principal
trumps, the ace of spades being the first, the ace of clubs the third,
and the second be... |
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SYLLOGISM |
The regular logical form of every argument, consisting
of three propositions, of which the first two are called the premises,
and the last, the... |