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FOUR |
IV |
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DRIPS |
IV apparatus |
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INTRAVENOUS |
IV (drip) |
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DRIP |
IV apparatus |
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PALMCRIST |
The palma Christi. (Jonah iv. 6, margin, and Douay
version, note.) |
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SWISS |
... Guard: mercenary unit first used by Pope Sixtus IV in the 15th century |
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TIRRIT |
A word from the vocabulary of Mrs. Quickly, the hostess in
Shakespeare's Henry IV., probably meaning terror. |
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ROMAN |
Expressed in letters, not in figures, as I., IV., i., iv.,
etc.; -- said of numerals, as distinguished from the Arabic numerals,
1, 4, etc. |
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SPUR-ROYAL |
A gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV.,
having a star on the reverse resembling the rowel of a spur. In the
reigns of Elizabeth and of James I., its value was fifteen shillings. |
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MACCABEES |
The name given later times to the Asmonaeans, a
family of Jewish patriots, who headed a religious revolt in the reign
of Antiochus IV., 168-161... |
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ARTOTYRITE |
One of a sect in the primitive church, who celebrated
the Lord's Supper with bread and cheese, alleging that the first
oblations of men not onl... |
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FITCH |
...le,
representing different Hebrew originals. In Isaiah xxviii. 25, 27, it
means the black aromatic seeds of Nigella sativa, still used as a
f... |