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  • noun an old English measure of volume, perhaps equal to two bushels. Also mett.

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Examples

  • While for Kisāgotamī, her great physician enters her Psalm regarded, though not directly so addressed, more as a kind and noble friend (kalyāna-mitta).

    Psalms of the Sisters Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys 1909

  • Sangha-mitta was suddenly assassinated, and the king, convinced of his errors, addressed himself with energy to restore the buildings he had destroyed, and to redress the mischiefs chiefs caused by his apostacy.

    Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836

  • Sangha-mitta, one of the exiled priests, returning from banishment on the death of the king, so ingratiated himself with his successor, that he was entrusted with the education of the king's sons.

    Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836

  • Hef kempi crooks keizer ado'nis heinek'n klemma m. bizz loupy winne r. kay rocks Evolutie vn een nigga thegame broetje jayjay greengang bloedserieus manny dio sef willy opposites snoopdogg ice cube 3.2 3.1 big2 kane aiky zwarejongenz darryl excellent feis flex rbdjan metz sjaak lange frans reejon sid puna. nl yes-r mitta u-niq

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • Hef kempi crooks keizer ado'nis heinek'n klemma m. bizz loupy winne r. kay rocks Evolutie vn een nigga thegame broetje jayjay greengang bloedserieus manny dio sef willy opposites snoopdogg ice cube 3.2 3.1 big2 kane aiky zwarejongenz darryl excellent feis flex rbdjan metz sjaak lange frans reejon sid puna. nl yes-r mitta u-niq

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • The stool or chair was for sitting at table, but _mitta_, the bed, was for lying down to sleep.

    The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630

  • The Shunnamite prepared for Elisha a chamber, and therein set for him a bed (_mitta_), and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick, 2 Kings iv.

    The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630

  • If any gesture at all be touched in those words which the prelate citeth, it was the gesture they used when they lay down to sleep, and not their table-gesture when they did eat; for _mitta_ and _ngheres_ (the two words which Amos useth) signify a bed or a couch wherein a man useth to lay himself down to sleep.

    The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630

  • "zone_info": "huffpost. world/blog; world = 1; nickname = karin-badt; entry_id = 301268; amazon = 1; cocaine = 1; cuzco = 1; heddy-honigmann = 1; inca-trail = 1; incas = 1; jungle-trek = 1; lares-trek = 1; libertador = 1; llamapath = 1; machu-picchu = 1; mitta = 1; peru = 1; salkantay = 1; shipibo = 1; spanish-colonialism = 1; terence-daltroy = 1; women-travelers = 1",

    Karin Badt: From Cuzco to Machu Picchu: A Trek into Peru 2009

  • m. bizz loupy winne r. kay rocks Evolutie vn een nigga thegame broetje jayjay greengang bloedserieus manny dio sef willy opposites snoopdogg ice cube 3.2 3.1 big2 kane aiky zwarejongenz darryl excellent feis flex rbdjan metz sjaak lange frans reejon sid puna. nl yes-r mitta u-niq

    WN.com - Business News 2010

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