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- noun Plural form of
fossilist .
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The relics of the snakes, which infested the precincts of the convent, and were at the abbess's prayer not only beheaded but petrified, are still found about the rocks, and are termed by Protestant fossilists, Ammonitae.
Marmion Walter Scott 1801
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- AusSndt200 - restored health and spirits; a resort physician and experienced apothecary always at hand; bathing highly favourable in six well-equipped bathing machines; pleasure boats kept for hire; sedan chairs, bath chairs, wheel chairs, horses, gigs and donkeys to be had upon reasonable terms; imporrant aquatic and inland excursions; possibilities for geologists, fossilists, naturalists and collectors of seaweed and sea shells; Assembly Rooms -- ball, billiard and card rooms -- located in one compact group; regular fortnightly Assemblies held throughout the season.
Sanditon 1817
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