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  • 21ultima thule — [L.] Farthest limit …

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  • 22outside — I. n. 1. Exterior, surface, superficies, external part, externality. 2. Utmost, farthest limit. II. a. Exterior, external, outward, outer, on the surface, superficial …

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  • 23jumping-off place — jump′ing off′ place n. 1) a place used as a starting point, as for a trip or enterprise 2) an out of the way place; the farthest limit of anything settled or civilized Also called jump′ing off′ point . Etymology: 1820–30 …

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  • 24whole hog — noun : the whole way or farthest limit : all they are the “whole hog or none” variety H.L.Ickes used especially in the phrase go the whole hog went the whole hog and named a name Time go whole hog for knitwear New …

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  • 25KEFAR OTNAY — (Otnai; Heb. כְּפַר עוֹתְנָאִי), ancient village, 24 Roman mi. from Caesarea, 24 from Scythopolis (Beth Shean), and 16 from Sepphoris. It is defined in talmudic sources as the farthest limit of Galilee in the direction of Judah and anyone passing …

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  • 26MAKKEDAH — (Heb. מַקֵּדָה), Canaanite city in the Shephelah which marked the farthest limit of the Israelite pursuit of the five kings who united to punish Gibeon but were defeated at Aijalon (Josh. 10). The kings fled to a cave at Makkedah where they were… …

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  • 27SALCHAH — (Heb. סַלכָה), town in Bashan, which marked the farthest limit of the territory of Og, king of Bashan, who was defeated and dispossessed by the Israelites (Deut. 3:10; Josh. 12:5; 13:11). According to I Chronicles 5:11, the tribe of Gad settled… …

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  • 28ZAREPHATH — (Heb. צָרְפַת), Phoenician city situated between Tyre and Sidon and dependent on the latter. According to the papyrus Anastasi I, which dates to the time of Ramses II (13th century B.C.E.), it was located between Sidon, Ush (Palaetyrus), and Tyre …

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  • 29ZARETHAN — (Heb. צָרְתָן), site near Adam, mentioned in the account of the damming of the Jordan (Josh. 3:16) and in that of the flight of the Midianites (Judg. 7:22; as Zererah). Beth Shean, in Solomon s fifth district, is described as being beside… …

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  • 30cosmos — /koz meuhs, mohs/, n., pl. cosmos, cosmoses for 2, 4. 1. the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system. 2. a complete, orderly, harmonious system. 3. order; harmony. 4. any composite plant of the genus Cosmos, of tropical… …

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