Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To lay close together; pile in order.
- To cut (a section of hay) from a stack.
- noun A portion cut from a hay-stack with a hay-knife for immediate use.
- noun The portion of a sheaf or lot of grain or of a stack of hay which is left when a part is removed for use.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Dais.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Obsolete form of
dais .
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Examples
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As one Pagan scholar put it, "God/dess is not something we believe in, but something we participate in."
Jason Derr: A New Conception of the Trinity for Post-Trinity Faith Jason Derr 2010
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As one Pagan scholar put it, "God/dess is not something we believe in, but something we participate in."
Jason Derr: A New Conception of the Trinity for Post-Trinity Faith Jason Derr 2010
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As one Pagan scholar put it, "God/dess is not something we believe in, but something we participate in."
Jason Derr: A New Conception of the Trinity for Post-Trinity Faith Jason Derr 2010
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On the inside, the parapet is given a surface protection of "dess" (fig. 247).
Chapter 7 1995
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All I can say is thank God (dess) I have creative friends and partners.
Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2009
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I could easily have spent the day puttering about in the garden (and god/dess knows it could use the work!)
Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2009
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I expect to have it done on time barring act of God/dess.
Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2009
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Is it all about seeing large people in spandex and thinking, "Thank God/dess that's not me (yet)!"?
Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2009
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The only reason people believe that Yahweh is “male” is because he was the “son” of the mother goddess Asherah the “true god (dess) and creator” of the Caananite religion.
Think Progress » ACLU will sue high school that canceled prom to stop lesbians from attending. 2010
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I'd blame the weather, but I actually like cold, rainy, dark days and God/dess knows we need the moisture.
Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2009
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