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- adjective Obsolete form of
alabaster . - noun Obsolete form of
alabaster .
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Examples
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And besyde the highe awtiere, 3 degrees of heighte, is the fertre85 of alabastre, where the bones of Seynte
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And besyde the highe awtiere, 3 degrees of heighte, is the fertre531 of alabastre, where the bones of
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Jhesus sat at the mete in the hous of the Farisee, she broughte an alabastre box of oynement, and sche stood bihynde bisidis hise feet, and bigan to moiste hise feet with teeris, and wypide with the heeris of hir heed, and kiste hise feet, and anoyntide with oynement.
The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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And besyde the highe awtiere, 3 degrees of heighte, is the fertre [Footnote: Bier.] of alabastre, where the bones of Seynte Kateryne lyzn.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Richard Hakluyt 1584
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