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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A leguminous genus of plants not now maintained, its species being referred to Vicia and Lens.
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Write what we will, oijr works befpeak us Imitatores,/ervum Ftcuu Tale, Elegy, or lofty Ode,
Roach's Beauties: Of the Modern Poets of Great Britain Carefully Selected ... John Roach, W. G. 1794
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"What are the expectations?", in the shorthand of railroad telegraphy. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013