affected with a polypus

  • 1Polypous — Pol y*pous, a. [Cf. F. polypeux. See {Polyp}.] Of the nature of a polypus; having many feet or roots, like the polypus; affected with polypus. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2Poor Palatines — The Poor Palatines were some 13,000 German refugees from the Upper Rhine who fled to England between May and November 1709. Their arrival in England, and the inability for the British Government to integrate them, caused a highly politicized… …

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