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Earth
·noun The people on the globe.
II. Earth ·noun A <<Plowing>>.
III. Earth ·vi To <<Burrow>>.
IV. E...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Flax
·noun The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken and cleaned by hatcheling or combing.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Earth
1) In the sense of soil or ground, the translation of the word adamah'. In Gen. 9:20 "husbandman" is...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Flax
(Heb. pishtah, i.e., "peeled", in allusion to the fact that the stalks of flax when dried were first...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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flax, native
n.
The European flax is Linumusitatissimum, N.O. Liniae. There is a species inAustralia, Linum marg...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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earth
One of the primary planets, and the third in order from the sun.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Earth
The term is used in two widely-different senses: (1) for the material of which the earth's surface i...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Flax
a well-known plant with yellowish stem and bright-blue flowers. Its fibres are employed in the manuf...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Cassel earth
·add. ·- A brown pigment of varying permanence, consisting of impure lignite. It was found originall...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cologne earth
·- An earth of a deep brown color, containing more vegetable than mineral matter; an earthy variety ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Earth shine
·- ·see Earth light, under <<Earth>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Earth-tongue
·noun A fungus of the genus Geoglossum.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Flax-plant
·noun A plant in new Zealand (Phormium tenax), allied to the lilies and aloes. The leaves are two in...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Middle-earth
·noun The world, considered as lying between heaven and hell.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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
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flax-bush
n.
the bush of the New ZealandFlax.
1854. W. Golder, `Pigeons' Parliament,' Intro. p. v:
«I had ....
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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flax-flower
n.
the flower of the NewZealand Flax (q.v.).
1872. A. Domett, `Ranolf,' xiv. 3, p. 221:
«little i...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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flax-leaf
n.
the blade of the New ZealandFlax (q.v.).
1884. T. Bracken, `Lays of Maori' p. 69:
«Zephyrs sti...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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flax-lily
n.
1) An Australian fibre plant, Dianella laevis, var. aspera, R. Br., N.O. Liliaceae. (2) Phormium...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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lily, flax
n.
See flax-lily, and flax, New Zealand.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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earth-bags
See sand-bags.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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flax, New Zealand
n.
Phormium tenax, N.O. Liliaceae. A plant yielding a strong fibre.Called also, in New Zealand, Nat...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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figure of the earth
The form of our globe, which is that of an oblate spheroid with an ellipticity of about 1/299.
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The Sailor's Word-Book