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Damascus
DAMASCUS(Δαμασκός: Eth. Δαμασκηνός: the territory ἡ Δαμασκηνή), the capital city of Syria, both in a...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
Damascus
Dămascus (-os, Luc 3, 215; cf. Prob. II. p. 1462 fin. P., p. 121 Lindem.), i, f., Δαμασκός, Heb. D...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Damascus
·noun A city of Syria. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Damascus
a sack full of blood; the similitude of burning ...

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Damascus
Activity, the most ancient of Oriental cities; the capital of Syria (Isa. 7:8; 17:3); situated about...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Damascus
one of the most ancient and most important of the cities of Syria. It is situated 130 miles northeas...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Blade
·vt To furnish with a blade. II. Blade ·noun The scapula or shoulder blade. III. Blade ·vi To put ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Blade
Applied to the glittering point of a spear (Job 39:23) or sword (Nah. 3:3), the blade of a dagger (J...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Damascus steel
·add. ·- ·see Damask steel, under <<Damask>>. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
flax-blade
n. the leaf of the New Zealand Flax (q.v.). 1872. A. Domett, `Ranolf,' i. 5, p. 11: «With flax-bl...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
quartz-blade
n. blade of a miner'sknife used for picking lumps of gold out of the stone. 1891. `The Argus,' Dec...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
corn-blade
The leaf of the maize. Corn-blades are collected and used as fodder in some of the Southern States.-...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Rivers of Damascus
The Abana and Pharpar (2 Kings 5:12). ...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
brother of the blade
A soldier BUSKIN. A player. BUNG. A brewer QUILL. An author. STRING. A fiddler. WHIP. A coachman. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
knight of the blade
A bully. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
blade of an anchor
That part of the arm prepared to receive the palm. ...

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blade or wash of an oar
Is the flat part of it which is plunged into the water in rowing. The force and effect in a great me...

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