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spodium
‖ spodium Now rare. (ˈspəʊdɪəm) Also 6 spodiom. [L. spodium (Pliny), ad. Gr. σπόδιον = σποδός spode1. Cf. It. spodio, Sp., Pg. espodio.] A fine powder obtained from various substances by calcination. (See quots. and cf. nill n.1)a 1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula, etc. 63 Medicynez restrictyuez ben... Oxford English Dictionary
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Spodium
Spodium has a long history of medical usage, mentioned by Hippocrates and, for example, in the Medical Poem of Salerno "...Who knows the cause why Spodium (in this case spodium referring to oxen bone ashes). Incineration History of ancient medicine wikipedia.org
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spode
spode1 rare. [a. F. spode, or ad. L. spodos (Pliny), Gr. σποδός ashes, dross, dust.] = spodium.1611 Cotgr., Spodizateur, one that maketh Spode, or getteth soot, &c., from Brasse, by trying, or melting it. Ibid., Spodon de canne, artificiall, or counterfeit Spode, made of the rootes of reedes, and Ox... Oxford English Dictionary
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Jindřich Wankel
laboratory to research fossil bones from the Cenozoic Era where he assembled a complete skeleton of a cave bear (until then, such bones were used for spodium wikipedia.org
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infidous
† infidous, a. Obs. rare. [f. L. infīd-us + -ous; cf. infide.] Unfaithful; faithless.1656 in Blount Glossogr. 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 572 Tabaxir, which his infidous Interpreter Clusius calls his Spodium. Oxford English Dictionary
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Grete Herball
Entries can also hold warnings for those seeking to use the items, such as the entry for Spodium (elephant ivory), which describes dog bones sometimes wikipedia.org
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spodizator
ˈspodizator rare. [ad. F. spodizateur (Rabelais), f. spode spode1.] One who makes spodium.1694 Motteux Rabelais v. xx, Her Abstractors, Spodizators, Masticators, Prægustics..and other Officers, for whom I want Names. [1840 Fraser's Mag. XXI. 8 Like the young spodizator in the court of that royal lad... Oxford English Dictionary
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Tony Pollard (archaeologist)
Schäfer, he discovered that the bones of the soldiers killed at the Battle of Waterloo were dug out and sold to the sugar factories to be turned into spodium wikipedia.org
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succedane
† succedane Obs. rare. Anglicized form of succedaneum.1601 Holland Pliny II. 5 The ashes also made thereof, be counted a good Succedane of Spodium. Ibid. 158. Oxford English Dictionary
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unbaked
unˈbaked, ppl. a. (ʌnˈbeɪkt) Also 6 unbackte. [un-1 8. Cf. Sw. obakad, Da. ubagt.] 1. Of tiles, brick, etc.: Not baked in a kiln; not exposed to heat.1563 T. Hill Art Garden. (1574) 32 Y⊇ water, in which the vnbaked Tile hath bene soked, poured vpon their holes, doth destroy them. 1579 Langham Gard.... Oxford English Dictionary
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nill
▪ I. † nill, n.1 Obs. Also 6 nyll(e, 6–8 nil. [ad. med.L. nīl (nihil), a rendering of G. nichts, taken in the usual sense of ‘nothing’, but in this connexion really a reduced form of oˈnychitis, L. onychītis (Pliny), Gr. ὀνυχῖτις (Dioscorides).] White oxide or flowers of zinc (by early chemists call... Oxford English Dictionary
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soot
▪ I. soot, n.1 (sʊt) Forms: α. 1, 4 sot (2 soth), 4–6 sote, 5 swot, 6 swote; 1, 4– soot (1 sooth, 5 soeth), 5–7 soote. β. 6 sooute, sout(e, sowte, 7 sutt, 7, 9 sut; Sc. 6 suit, 6, 8– sute, 9 shute; 9 dial. seut, seeat. [OE. sót, = MDu. soet, zoet (Du. dial. zoet), NFris. sött, sutt, ON. and Icel. só... Oxford English Dictionary
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fill
▪ I. fill, n.1 (fɪl) For forms see the vb. Also 4 folle, south. volle. [OE. fyllo, fyllu fem. = OHG. fulli fem. (MHG. vülle, Ger. fülle fem.), ON. fyllr (fylli) fem. (Da. fylde masc. and fem., Sw. fylle neut), Goth. (ufar) fullei:—OTeut. *fullîn-, n. of state f. *fullo- full a. But in Eng. the word ... Oxford English Dictionary
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