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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy, an emissary (def. II., 3); specifically, an emissary vein.
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_emissarium_, because it is derived from the Hebrew _shalach_ 'to send'? and if he does know it, why has he left his readers entirely in the dark on this subject?
Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" Joseph Barber Lightfoot 1858
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