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ambrosia
ambrŏsĭa, ae, f., = ἀμβροσία. I Lit., ambrosia , the food of the gods (as nectar was their drink...

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Ambrosia
Ambrŏsĭa, v. Ambrosie. ...

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ambrosia
ambrosia ae, f , ἀμβροσία, ambrosia, sustenance of immortal life, food of the gods: ambrosiā deos l...

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Ambrosia
·noun An unguent of the gods. II. Ambrosia ·noun A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something v...

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Beetle
·vt To beat with a heavy mallet. II. Beetle ·vt A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavement...

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Beetle
(Heb. hargol, meaning "leaper"). Mention of it is made only in Lev. 11:22, where it is obvious the w...

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beetle
A shipwright's heavy mallet for driving the wedges called reeming irons, so as to open the seams in ...

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Beetle
[Locust] ...

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Bark beetle
·- A small beetle of many species (family Scolytidae), which in the larval state bores under or in t...

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Beetle brow
·- An overhanging brow. ...

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Beetle-browed
·- Having prominent, overhanging brows; hence, lowering or sullen. ...

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Beetle-headed
·adj Dull; stupid. ...

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Click beetle
·- ·see <<Elater>>. ...

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Colorado beetle
·- A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has...

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Fire beetle
·- A very brilliantly luminous beetle (Pyrophorus noctilucus), one of the elaters, found in Central ...

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Flea-beetle
·noun A small beetle of the family Halticidae, of many species. They have strong posterior legs and ...

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Goliath beetle
·- Any species of Goliathus, a genus of very large and handsome African beetles. ...

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Tapestry beetle
·add. ·- A small black dermestoid beetle (Attagenus piceus) whose larva feeds on tapestry, carpets, ...

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Water beetle
·- Any one of numerous species of aquatic beetles belonging to Dytiscus and allied genera of the fam...

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beetle-browed
One having thick projecting eyebrows. ...

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beetle-headed
Dull, stupid. ...

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beetle-head
A large beetle, weighing 1000 lbs., swayed up by a crabwinch to a height, and dropped by a pincer-sh...

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reeming-beetle
A caulker's largest mallet. ...

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dover court beetle
A heavy mallet. There is an old proverb: "A Dover court; all speakers and no hearers." "A Dover co...

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