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palustral
▪ I. palustral, a. rare. (pəˈlʌstrəl) [f. L. palustr-is pertaining to a marsh (f. palus marsh) + -al1.] Pertaining to or inhabiting marshes; paludal. So paˈlustrian a. (n.); paˈlustrine a.1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 162 The Palustrains or Marishie Elephants are hair-brained and inconstant. 17...
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palestral
paˈlæstral, paˈlestral, a. (see prec.) [f. prec. + -al1 (prob. through OF. or med.L.).] Of or pertaining to the palæstra, or to wrestling or athletics; athletic.c 1374 Chaucer Troylus v. 304 The feste and pleyes palestral At my vigile. 1513 Douglas æneis i. Pref. 174 The lusty gammys, and plais palu...
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hug
▪ I. hug, v. (hʌg) Also 6–7 hugge. [Appears late in 16th c.: origin unknown. Not to be confounded with hugge v. to dread, shudder, shrink with fear or cold. Not connected with Sw. huka, Da. sidde paa huk to squat. In some shades of meaning it approaches Ger. hegen to foster, cherish, orig. to enclos...
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P
P the sixteenth letter of the alphabet in English and other modern languages, was the fifteenth in the ancient Roman alphabet, corresponding in position and value to the Greek Pi, Π, Π, earlier {egpi1}, {egpi2}, originally written from right to left {egpi3}, and identical with the Phenician and gene...
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S
▪ I. S (ɛs) the nineteenth letter of the English and other modern alphabets, and the eighteenth of the ancient Roman alphabet, derives its form (through the {elatS} and {egsigma1}, {egsigma2} of early Latin and Greek inscriptions) from the Phœnician W (Hebrew שׁ shīn), which represented a voiceless...
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