The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 5 |
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... head , sessile . It is a native of Java and other islands in the East Indies , where the leaves are used for covering houses and making mats . The fruit is eaten both raw and preserved . NIPPLES , in anatomy . See MAMMARY gland . NISI ...
... head , sessile . It is a native of Java and other islands in the East Indies , where the leaves are used for covering houses and making mats . The fruit is eaten both raw and preserved . NIPPLES , in anatomy . See MAMMARY gland . NISI ...
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... head of the Dra . gon , and is marked thus & ; the other node , where the planet desends to the south , is called the descending node , the southward node , or the Dragon's tail , marked thus 8 . The line wherein the two circles inter ...
... head of the Dra . gon , and is marked thus & ; the other node , where the planet desends to the south , is called the descending node , the southward node , or the Dragon's tail , marked thus 8 . The line wherein the two circles inter ...
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... head , eyes , and abdomen . See ANATOMY . OBOLARIA , in botany , a genus of the Didynamia Angiospermia class and order . Natural order of Personatæ . Pediculares , Jussieu . Essential character : calyx two- leaved ; corolla four - cleft ...
... head , eyes , and abdomen . See ANATOMY . OBOLARIA , in botany , a genus of the Didynamia Angiospermia class and order . Natural order of Personatæ . Pediculares , Jussieu . Essential character : calyx two- leaved ; corolla four - cleft ...
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... fold itself up with the head and tail nearly in contact , and lying apparently in a torpid state through the middle of the summer . " O. ovis : wings pellucid , punctured at the base ; abdomen variegated with white and black . It OESTRUS .
... fold itself up with the head and tail nearly in contact , and lying apparently in a torpid state through the middle of the summer . " O. ovis : wings pellucid , punctured at the base ; abdomen variegated with white and black . It OESTRUS .
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... head ; so called from their being the immediate instruments of smelling . OLIFIANT gas , a name given by the Dutch chemists to carburated hydrogen , or heavy inflammable gas . See GAS . OLIGARCHY , a form of government wherein the ...
... head ; so called from their being the immediate instruments of smelling . OLIFIANT gas , a name given by the Dutch chemists to carburated hydrogen , or heavy inflammable gas . See GAS . OLIGARCHY , a form of government wherein the ...
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