The Loly Grail: With introd. and notes by G[eorge] C[ampbell] MacaulayMacmillan, 1893 - 86 pages |
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... Low Latin cratella , dim . of crater , ' a bowl , ' or from Low Latin gradalis , a dish on which food was arranged in ' gradation , ' that is , one thing rising up above another , as it were on steps , hence , in general , a dish used ...
... Low Latin cratella , dim . of crater , ' a bowl , ' or from Low Latin gradalis , a dish on which food was arranged in ' gradation , ' that is , one thing rising up above another , as it were on steps , hence , in general , a dish used ...
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... Latin vipera . griffin : in decorative art and heraldry a griffin or griffon is an animal with the body and feet of a lion and the head and beak of an eagle . The word comes through French griffon , Low Latin griffus , Lat . gryphus ...
... Latin vipera . griffin : in decorative art and heraldry a griffin or griffon is an animal with the body and feet of a lion and the head and beak of an eagle . The word comes through French griffon , Low Latin griffus , Lat . gryphus ...
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... Low Latin liciae , barriers , perhaps from Lat . licium , a thread or small girdle ( Skeat , Etym . Dict . ) . The t is added in English . 365. That is , he saw all things bright around him , because of his own exhilaration . 370. like ...
... Low Latin liciae , barriers , perhaps from Lat . licium , a thread or small girdle ( Skeat , Etym . Dict . ) . The t is added in English . 365. That is , he saw all things bright around him , because of his own exhilaration . 370. like ...
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... Low Latin examitum , which comes from Greek egάurov , meaning stuff woven with six kinds of thread in the woof ( eg , six ; uiros , thread of the woof ) ; cp . dimity , which is properly stuff woven with two kinds of thread . In the ...
... Low Latin examitum , which comes from Greek egάurov , meaning stuff woven with six kinds of thread in the woof ( eg , six ; uiros , thread of the woof ) ; cp . dimity , which is properly stuff woven with two kinds of thread . In the ...
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... Low Latin paganis- mus . However , its use instead of ' pagan ' is as old as Spenser . For ' pagan , ' see note on 1. 478 . The circles ' and upright stones here mentioned are the temples and other monuments of the Druid religion ...
... Low Latin paganis- mus . However , its use instead of ' pagan ' is as old as Spenser . For ' pagan , ' see note on 1. 478 . The circles ' and upright stones here mentioned are the temples and other monuments of the Druid religion ...
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