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Gave birth to melic sounds of organing;— On the Nature of Things
Roots of the purple melic grass (_Molinia cærulea_).— Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900
And heard the melic throbbing of the sea,— Carolina Chansons Legends of the Low Country
Hugh de Nonant, the new bishop of Coventry, one Confessor's Day had begun saying the introit, when his Lincoln namesake lifted up his voice and began the long melic intonation.— Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England
| Roots of melic | 21.60 | 29.1 | 21.4 |— Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900

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