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  • 71grain — [grān] n. [ME greyne < OFr grein, a seed, grain (< L granum, a seed, kernel) & grainne, seed or grain collectively (< LL grana, fem., orig. pl. of L granum) < IE base * ĝer , to become ripe > CORN1, KERNEL] 1. a small, hard seed or …

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  • 73grain — ► NOUN 1) wheat or other cultivated cereal used as food. 2) a single seed or fruit of a cereal. 3) a small, hard particle of a substance such as sand. 4) the smallest unit of weight in the troy and avoirdupois systems, equal to 1 / 5760 of a… …

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  • 74grain — [ greın ] noun ** 1. ) uncount the seeds from crops such as wheat, rice, or CORN that are used for food: bags of mixed grain a ) uncount food crops such as wheat, rice, or CORN: golden fields of grain b ) count an individual seed from one of… …

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  • 75grain — early 13c., scarlet dye made from insects (late 12c. in surnames), from O.Fr. grain (12c.) seed, grain, particle, berry, scarlet dye (see COCHINEAL (Cf. cochineal) for last sense), from L. granum seed, a grain, small kernel (see CORN (Cf. corn)… …

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  • 76The Mantle — Album par Agalloch Sortie 13 août 2002 Enregistrement De novembre 2001 à avril 2002 Durée 68:33 Genre Folk metal Black metal Dark folk …

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  • 77The Examined Life — is a collection of philosophical meditations written by Robert Nozick and published in 1989.Having pursued philosophy in an argumentative mode in Anarchy, State, and Utopia , and in an explanatory mode in Philosophical Explanations , his mode in… …

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  • 78The New Criterion — Editors and publishers Hilton Kramer and Roger Kimball Former editors Hilton Kramer and Samuel Lipman Categories Literary journal …

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  • 79The Disneyland Memorial Orgy — is a cartoon illustration created by Wally Wood for satirist Paul Krassner s radical humor publication The Realist . Published shortly after the death of Walt Disney, the artwork was commissioned by Krassner to portray the liberated behavior of… …

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  • 80The Process of Belief — Studioalbum von Bad Religion Veröffentlichung 2002 Label Epitaph Records …

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