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  • 81Kol Bo — (Hebrew: כל בו) is a collection of Jewish ritual and civil laws, the meaning of the title being all is in it ; who its author was has not yet been ascertained. The work in content resembles earlier codes, as, for instance, the Ṭurim or the Oraḥ… …

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  • 82Toroidal ring model — The toroidal ring model, known originally as the Parson magneton or magnetic electron, is also known as the plasmoid ring, vortex ring, or helicon ring. This physical model treated electrons and protons as elementary particles, and was first… …

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  • 83fish — fishless, adj. /fish/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) fish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) fishes, v. n. 1. any of various cold blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with …

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  • 84Fish — /fish/, n. Hamilton, 1808 93, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1869 77. * * * I Any of more than 24,000 species of cold blooded vertebrates found worldwide in fresh and salt water. Living species range from the primitive lampreys and hagfishes… …

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  • 85Rogers, Samuel — ▪ English poet born July 30, 1763, Stoke Newington, near London died Dec. 18, 1855, London  English poet, best remembered as a witty conversationalist and as a friend of greater poets.       Rogers attained eminence with the publication of his… …

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  • 86List of Latin phrases (O) — This page lists direct English translations of Latin phrases, such as veni vidi vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as Greek rhetoric and literature reached its peak centuries before that of… …

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  • 87Adversaria — Ad ver*sa ri*a, n. pl. [L. adversaria (sc. scripta), neut. pl. of adversarius.] A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes. [1913 Webster] These parchments are supposed to have… …

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  • 88Oddment — Odd ment, n. [Odd + ment.] An odd thing, or one that is left over, disconnected, fragmentary, or the like; something that is separated or disconnected from its fellows; Specif.: (Printing) Any separate small part or page in a book, other than the …

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  • 89Olla-podrida — Ol la po*dri da, n. [Sp., lit., a rotten pot. See {Olio}.] 1. A favorite Spanish dish, consisting of a mixture of several kinds of meat chopped fine, and stewed with vegetables. [1913 Webster] 2. Any incongruous mixture or miscellaneous… …

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  • 90bric-a-brac — noun (plural bric a brac) Etymology: French bric à brac Date: 1840 1. a miscellaneous collection of small articles commonly of ornamental or sentimental value ; curios 2. something suggesting bric a brac …

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