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... derived through the French from Italian porcellana , which in turn is a diminutive derived from the Latin porcus , hog or porca , sow . Sometime during the thirteenth century , or earlier , the Italians gave the name porcellana to Venus ...
... derived through the French from Italian porcellana , which in turn is a diminutive derived from the Latin porcus , hog or porca , sow . Sometime during the thirteenth century , or earlier , the Italians gave the name porcellana to Venus ...
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... derived from the same Latin root , and senior is also from that source . How does a buffalo differ from a bison ? Popularly buffalo and bison are applied more or less inter- changeably to several species of wild ox . Buffalo is derived ...
... derived from the same Latin root , and senior is also from that source . How does a buffalo differ from a bison ? Popularly buffalo and bison are applied more or less inter- changeably to several species of wild ox . Buffalo is derived ...
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... derived from Middle English burgout , burgood or beergood , meaning yeast , or from Arabic burghul , signifying wheat ground , dried and boiled . Why is a kind of thread called worsted ? Worsted , pronounced woos ' - ted or woor ...
... derived from Middle English burgout , burgood or beergood , meaning yeast , or from Arabic burghul , signifying wheat ground , dried and boiled . Why is a kind of thread called worsted ? Worsted , pronounced woos ' - ted or woor ...
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