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parmacety
† parmaˈcety Obs. Forms: 6 parmacete, -citie, -sitie, 6–7 -cetie, 7 -cety, -city, 7–8 -sity, 7–9 -cetty, -citty; 7 permacetty, -ceti. 1. A popular corruption of spermaceti.1545 Rates of Customs c iij, Parmacete the pounde iiis. iiiid. 1577–87 Holinshed Chron. III. 1259/2 The oile being boiled out of...
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spermaceti
spermaceti (spɜːməˈsiːtɪ, -ˈsɛtɪ) Forms: 6–9 sperma ceti (5 cete, 7 coeti, cetæ); 5– spermaceti (5 -cetie, 7 -cete, -cæty, 8 -cety); 6 sparmaceti. [med.L., from sperma sperm + cētī gen. sing. of cētus (ad. Gr. κῆτος) whale, through an erroneous opinion as to the nature of the substance. Hence also F...
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poor man
poor man 1. lit. A man who is poor (in any sense of the adj.); esp. a man who is indigent or needy, or who belongs to the class of the poor. Also attrib.a 1225 Ancr. R. 86 Ase þe þe seið to þe knihte þet robbeð his poure men. a 1350 Cursor M. 10386 (Gött) To godd he gaue þe lambis to lottis, And to ...
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