The New International Encyclopædia, Volume 6Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby Dodd, Mead, 1907 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... probably connected with Skt . dah , Lith . degti , to burn , OPruss . dagas , summer ) . Originally the space of time during which it is light , in contrast to the space of darkness or night . It now more usually denotes a complete ...
... probably connected with Skt . dah , Lith . degti , to burn , OPruss . dagas , summer ) . Originally the space of time during which it is light , in contrast to the space of darkness or night . It now more usually denotes a complete ...
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... probably due to arrest of development in the embryo . The condition is found in certain instances as a family trait , in families with neu- rotic inheritances . Alcoholism and insanity are found in such families ; and , besides these ...
... probably due to arrest of development in the embryo . The condition is found in certain instances as a family trait , in families with neu- rotic inheritances . Alcoholism and insanity are found in such families ; and , besides these ...
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... probably originally dull of sense ; cf. MHG . tump , stupid , OHG . tumb , deaf , dumb , Gk . Tupλós , typhlos , blind ) . Com- plete or partial imperfection of hearing that may affect both ears or one , may and may not date from birth ...
... probably originally dull of sense ; cf. MHG . tump , stupid , OHG . tumb , deaf , dumb , Gk . Tupλós , typhlos , blind ) . Com- plete or partial imperfection of hearing that may affect both ears or one , may and may not date from birth ...
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... probably founded by Alexander's veterans . East of these were the districts belonging to Abila on the Yarmuk ; a late addition , Gerasa , farther south and very extensive ; and Philadelphia ( the ancient Rab- bath - Ammon of the Old ...
... probably founded by Alexander's veterans . East of these were the districts belonging to Abila on the Yarmuk ; a late addition , Gerasa , farther south and very extensive ; and Philadelphia ( the ancient Rab- bath - Ammon of the Old ...
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... probably no such depths in the ocean . The greatest depth known was discovered by the United States cable - survey ship Nero in 1900 , near the Island of Guam , where a sounding was made of 5269 fathoms , or nearly six statute miles , a ...
... probably no such depths in the ocean . The greatest depth known was discovered by the United States cable - survey ship Nero in 1900 , near the Island of Guam , where a sounding was made of 5269 fathoms , or nearly six statute miles , a ...
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