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  • 41Wednesday — Wednes day (?; 48), n. [OE. wednesdai, wodnesdei, AS. W[=o]dnes d[ae]g, i. e., Woden s day (a translation of L. dies Mercurii); fr. W[=o]den the highest god of the Teutonic peoples, but identified with the Roman god Mercury; akin to OS. W[=o]dan …

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  • 42ash — {{11}}ash (1) powdery remains of fire, O.E. æsce ash, from P.Gmc. *askon (Cf. O.N., Swed. aska, O.H.G. asca, Ger. asche, Goth. azgo ashes ), from PIE root *as to burn, glow (Cf. Skt. asah ashes, dust, Armenian …

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  • 43ash — (tree)    A traditional cure, recorded in several counties, for young children with hernias; an ash sapling, preferably one grown from seed and never touched by a knife, was split down the middle and held open with wedges, the child was passed… …

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  • 44Wednesday —   Pō akolu.     Ash Wednesday, Pō akolu Kau Lehu …

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  • 45Pulver Wednesday — or pulvering day noun (obsolete) Ash Wednesday • • • Main Entry: ↑pulver …

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  • 46Battle of Ayta ash-Shab — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Ayta ash Shab partof=2006 Lebanon War caption=The shelling of Ayta ash Shab date=July 31, 2006 August 11, 2006 place=Ayta ash Shab, Southern Lebanon result=Merged into the 2006 Litani offensive… …

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  • 47AshWednesday — Ash Wednesday (ăsh) n. The seventh Wednesday before Easter and the first day of Lent, on which many Christians receive a mark of ashes on the forehead as a token of penitence and mortality. * * * …

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  • 48Miércoles de Ceniza (película) — Ash Wednesday Título Miércoles de Ceniza Ficha técnica Dirección Edward Burns Guion Edward Burns Reparto …

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  • 49Les Noces de cendre — Ash Wednesday    Drame de Larry Peerce, avec Elizabeth Taylor, Henry Fonda, Helmut Berger, Keith Baxter, Maurice Teynac, Margaret Bly.   Pays: États Unis   Date de sortie: 1973   Technique: couleurs   Durée: 1 h 40    Résumé    Mark et Barbara ne …

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  • 50Carnival — For other uses, see Carnival (disambiguation). Carnival float in the Rosenmontag parade in Cologne, Germany …

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