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Chinese Nùng
After 1954, more than 50,000 Chinese Nùng led by Colonel Vong A Sang (黃亞生, or Swong A Sang) fled as refugees, joining the 1 million northern Vietnamese
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swange
† swange Obs. [a. ON. svangi (Sw. dial. svånge, Norw. svange) groin (cf. ON. svangr thin, swong).] The flank or groin.13.. Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 138 Fro þe swyre to þe swange so sware & so þik. ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 1129 The kynge..Swappez in with the swerde þat it þe swange brystedde. c 1400 Anturs of Art...
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swonge
▪ I. † swong, a. Obs. [ad. ON. svangr, related to svangi swange groin, f. swaŋgw-, perh. identical with swaŋgw-, grade-variant of swiŋgw- to swing, q.v.; cf. the parallel formations s.v. swank a.1] Thin, lean, as from hunger.a 1300 Estorie del Euangelie 284 (Vernon MS.) in Engl. Stud. VIII. 258 Þe h...
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Atyap subgroups and clans
At the end of the period, it was marked by Song-A̱yet (or Swong A̱yet) also known as the Ayet festival, celebrated in April, when women were free to wear
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swank
▪ I. swank, n.1 dial. [?] (See quots.)1726 Bailey (ed. 3), A swank (at Bocking in Essex) that Remainder of Liquor at the Bottom of a Tankard, Pot or Cup, which is just sufficient for one Draught; which is not accounted good Manners to divide with the left Hand Man; and according to the Quantity is c...
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swing-swang
swing-swang (ˈswɪŋˌswæŋ) Also swing swong. [Reduplicated f. swing v.1 with change of vowel.] A swinging to and fro; a (double or complete) oscillation; a reciprocating movement, occas. see-saw. Also fig. and attrib.c 1683 Hooke Posth. Wks. (1705) 472 Not that I pretend to discover any new Thing,..'t...
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swing
▪ I. † swing, n.1 Obs. [OE. ᵹeswing, in form and origin identical with ᵹeswing swing n.2 (sense 1), f. Teut. swiŋgw- (see swing v.1) used in the same sense as the parallel form swiŋkw- (see swink v., to toil).] Labour, toil.c 1000 Ags. Ps. (Spelman) lxxxix. 11 [xc. 10] Eorum labor et dolor, heora ᵹe...
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latche
▪ I. latch, n.1 (lætʃ) Forms: 4–5 lach, lacch(e, 5–6 (7) lache, 5–6 latche, 6– latch. [The equivalence of sense 1 with lace n. suggests that the word (in that sense at least) may be a. OF. lache lace, a vbl. noun f. lachier (= Central OF. lacier):—popular L. *laciāre, f. *lacium lace n. Sense 2 is p...
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for-
▪ I. for-, prefix1 Also 1 fær-, 3 Orm. forr-, 3–4 south. vor-, ver-, 4 fur-, 6–7 fore-. [OE. for-, fær- = OFris. for-, far-, OS. for-, far- (Du. ver-), OHG. far-, fir-, fer- (MHG. and mod.G. ver-), ON. for- (Sw. för-, Da. for-); the ON. fyrer- (see fore- prefix) though formally distinct, often corre...
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temple
▪ I. temple, n.1 (ˈtɛmp(ə)l) Forms: 1–2 templ, tempel, (3 Orm. temmple), 3– temple. Also 4 tempel, -ele, -ile, -ille, (templee), 4–6 tempil(l, -yll, 5 -yl(e, -ul, 5–6 -ull(e, 6 -ell. [OE. templ, tempel, ad. L. templum; reinforced in ME. by F. temple (10th c. in Godef. Compl.) = Pr. temple, Sp., Pg. ...
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