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  • 61Little by little — Little Lit tle, n. 1. That which is little; a small quantity, amount, space, or the like. [1913 Webster] Much was in little writ. Dryden. [1913 Webster] There are many expressions, which carrying with them no clear ideas, are like to remove but… …

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  • 62Mine — Mine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mining}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine; hence, to ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret… …

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  • 63Mined — Mine Mine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mining}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine; hence, to ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret …

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  • 64Miner's inch — Inch Inch, n. [OE. inche, unche, AS. ynce, L. uncia the twelfth part, inch, ounce. See {Ounce} a weight.] [1913 Webster] 1. A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as… …

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  • 65Mining — Mine Mine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mining}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine; hence, to ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret …

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  • 66Immortal Woman He — Named Hé Qióng (何瓊 Hé Qióng), Immortal Woman He or He Xiangu (何仙姑 Hé Xiān Gū in pinyin or Ho Hsien ku in Wade Giles, is the only female deity of the Eight Immortals. (The gender of her fellow Immortal Lán Cǎihé is somewhat ambiguous). She was… …

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  • 67Church of Antioch — Part of a series on Eastern Christianity …

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  • 68Witch World — The Witch World by Andre Norton is a long series of fantasies laid in a parallel universe where magic works and, at the beginning at least, is the exclusive property of women. The series combines many traits of high fantasy and sword and sorcery …

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  • 69Louis Michel le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau — (sometimes rendered as Louis Michel Lepelletier de Saint Fargeau; May 29, 1760 ndash; January 20, 1793) was a French politician.Born in Paris, he belonged to a well known family, his great grandfather, Michel Robert Le Peletier des Forts, count… …

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  • 70Five of Coins — is a card used in Latin suited playing cards which include tarot decks. It is part of what tarot card readers call the Minor Arcana Tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe to play Tarot card gamescite book last = Dummett first = Michael… …

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