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  • 61burdon — sb. == a pilgrim’s staff. K. Horn, 1093. Fr. bourdon …

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  • 62pike — pike1 noun (plural same) a long bodied predatory freshwater fish with long teeth. [Esox lucius and related species.] ↘used in names of similar predatory fish, e.g. garpike. Origin ME: from pike2 (because of the fish s pointed jaw). pike2 noun 1》… …

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  • 63pike — I [[t]paɪk[/t]] n. pl. (esp. collectively)pike, (esp. for kinds or species)pikes. 1) ich any of several large, slender, voracious freshwater fishes of the genus Esox, having a long, flat snout 2) ich any of various superficially similar fishes,… …

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  • 64pike — I. /paɪk / (say puyk) noun (plural pike or pikes) 1. → sea pike. 2. any of various large, slender, fierce, voracious freshwater fishes of the Northern Hemisphere, of the genus Esox, having a long snout, especially the northern pike, E. lucius. 3 …

  • 65capuchin cross — noun Usage: usually capitalized 1st C Etymology: probably so called from its resemblance to a pilgrim s staff, an important tenet of the Capuchin order being that men are but pilgrims and strangers on earth : a cross pommée * * * capuchin cross… …

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  • 66palster — ˈpȯlztə(r), l(t)st noun ( s) Etymology: Middle Dutch archaic : a pilgrim s staff …

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  • 67Pilgrimages — • Journeys made to some place with the purpose of venerating it, or in order to ask there for supernatural aid, or to discharge some religious obligation. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Pilgrimages     Pilgrimages …

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  • 68C. S. Lewis — C.S. Lewis aged 50 Born Clive Staples Lewis 29 November 1898(1898 11 29) Belfast, Ireland Died …

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  • 69Amstrad Action — ] In October 1986 Amstrad Action split into three separate publications. AA still catered for the CPC range, while 8000 Plus and PC Plus focused on the Amstrad PCW and PC range respectively. AA finally gave in to reader’s pleas to have a… …

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  • 70United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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