Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To tame; daunt (which see).
- To reduce metals to a lower temper.
- noun In coal-mining, coal which is so much disintegrated as to be of no value.
- noun A heavy metal weight, of from 30 to 40 pounds, used to press down layers of provisions that are being packed in casks.
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They're just mad their canidate lost, so they dont want him, they want George Bush the 3rd. by the way ben, if you really think that, then you dant check your facts.
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Troubot became her personal atten - dant, fixing her hair, applying her makeup, and dressing her for special occasions.
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Note 61: "Mars ferus et summum tangens cytherea tonantem dant tibi regna pares et tua fata movent."
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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I find ty ping wif deh finnerz werkz much bedder dant ty ping wif a brooing sinus infekshun.
Today’s access password is “bellyrub”. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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To the extent that New Jersey law allows a trial court to impose the onerous costs of class notification on a defen-dant simply because of the relative wealth of the defendant and without any consideration of the underlying merits of the suit, a serious due process question is raised.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is Justice Sotomayor Concerned about the Cost of Class-Actions? 2009
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Elle conviendrait beaucoup mieux, cepen-dant, pour décrire certains monstres de lacs tel Nessie, le célèbre monstre du Loch Ness.
Cadborosaurus Darren Naish 2006
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Elle conviendrait beaucoup mieux, cepen-dant, pour décrire certains monstres de lacs tel Nessie, le célèbre monstre du Loch Ness.
Archive 2006-09-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Praecepta medici dant nostris diversa, in medendo non infelices, pharmacis utuntur simplicibus, herbis, radicibus, &c. tota eorum medicina nostrae herbariae praeceptis continetur, nullus ludus hujus artis, quisque privatus a quolibet magistro eruditur.
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Extrahitur verò gummi de arbusculis per hunc modem: De lapide acuto, vel de osse fracto dant scissuras per cortices in ligno, et ex vulneribus Balsamum lachrymatur, quod in vasculis suscipiunt, cauentes quout possunt, ne quid de illo labatur in terram: Nam se de ferro, vel alio metallo fieret incissura, liquor
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Traxi moram in Cambalu tribus annis: fratres nostri locum habent in Curia sua specialiter, et festis diebus statutis dant benedictionem, Odericus.
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