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  • 31bastard —    When it occurs as a vocative, ‘bastard’ seldom has its literal meaning of ‘a child born out of wedlock’. It is almost a meaningless noise, expressing contempt for the person addressed. The charge of illegitimacy is in any case hardly an insult …

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  • 32κανίας — κανίᾱς , κανίας little basket masc acc pl κανίᾱς , κανίας little basket masc nom sg (attic epic doric aeolic) …

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  • 33Corbeil — Cor beil (k[^o]r b[e^]l), n. [F. corbeille, fr. L. corbicula a little basket, dim. of corbis basket. Cf. {Corbel}, {Corb}, {Corvette}.] 1. (Arch.) A sculptured basket of flowers; a corbel. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. pl. (Fort.) Small gabions.… …

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  • 34corbulidae — kȯ(r)ˈbyüləˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Corbula, type genus (from Latin corbula little basket, diminutive of corbis basket) + idae more at corbeil : a family of bivalve mo …

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  • 35Apache — Infobox Ethnic group group = Apache poptime = 31,000+Fact|date=October 2007 popplace = Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma rels = Shamanism, Christianity langs = Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Plains Apache, Mescalero, Western Apache related =… …

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  • 36Sportule — Spor tule ( t[=u]l), n. [L. sportula a little basket, a gift, dim. of sporta a basket: cf. F. sportule.] A charitable gift or contribution; a gift; an alms; a dole; a largess; a sportula. [Obs.] Ayliffe. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 37corbicula — corbiculate /kawr bik yeuh lit, layt /, adj. /kawr bik yeuh leuh/, n., pl. corbiculae / lee /. See pollen basket. [1810 20; < NL, little basket; see CORBEIL] * * * …

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  • 38corbicula — cor•bic•u•la [[t]kɔrˈbɪk yə lə[/t]] n. pl. lae [[t] ˌli[/t]] ent pollen basket • Etymology: 1810–20; &LT; NL: little basket; see corbeil cor•bic′u•late lɪt, ˌleɪt adj …

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  • 39coffin — ► NOUN ▪ a long, narrow box in which a dead body is buried or cremated. ► VERB (coffined, coffining) ▪ place in a coffin. ORIGIN Old French cofin little basket , from Greek kophinus basket …

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  • 40cradle — [krād′ l] n. [ME cradel &LT; OE cradol &LT; * kradula, little basket; akin to OHG kratto, basket &LT; IE base * ger , to twist, turn &GT; CRANK1, CRAMP1, CREEK] 1. a baby s small bed, usually on rockers 2. the earliest period of one s life;&#8230; …

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