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  • 101yellow — Synonyms and related words: Amytal, Amytal pill, Barnumesque, Cassel yellow, Claude tint, Demerol, Dolophine, H, Luminal, Luminal pill, M, Mickey Finn, Nembutal, Nembutal pill, Paris yellow, Seconal, Seconal pill, Tuinal, Tuinal pill, acid yellow …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 102stab —    (of a male) to copulate with    The common imagery of violence and pushing:     He d stabb d me in mine own house... he    will foin like any devil. (Shakespeare, 2 Henry W foin means thrust)    Being stabbed with a Bridport dagger was not… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 103b(e)u-2, bh(e)ū̆- —     b(e)u 2, bh(e)ū̆     English meaning: to swell, puff     Deutsche Übersetzung: “aufblasen, schwellen”     Note: Explosive sound of the inflated cheek, like pu , phu see d .; running beside primeval creation crosses the sound lawful… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 104CAIN — (Heb. קַיִן, Qayin, smith ), the firstborn son of adam and eve , brother of abel and seth (Gen. 4:1, 25). In the Bible Cain and Abel both brought offerings to God from the fruits of their labors, but God did not pay heed to Cain s gift. Ignoring… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 105GERMANY — GERMANY, country in north central Europe. The Talmud and the Midrash use Germania (or Germamia ) as a designation for northern European countries, and also refer to the military prowess of these peoples and to the threat they posed to the Roman… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 106HOSEA, BOOK OF — HOSEA, BOOK OF, the first of the 12 books that make up the minor prophets . Everything points to this book s having been produced in the kingdom of israel and redacted, after the fall of that state, in Judah; and this makes it a valuable source… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism