lanx

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Pha'lanx, a body of troops formed in close array.

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  1. In Roman antiquity, a large dish or platter of metal used for serving meat at table. A pewter lanx found in Norfolk, England, is 2 feet 4¾ inches in diameter, and weighs 30 pounds; and Latin writers tell of such a dish of still greater weight.

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