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  • 31Post and stall — Post Post, n. [AS., fr. L. postis, akin to ponere, positum, to place. See {Position}, and cf. 4th {Post}.] 1. A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed, or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially when intended as a… …

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  • 32Post hanger — Post Post, n. [AS., fr. L. postis, akin to ponere, positum, to place. See {Position}, and cf. 4th {Post}.] 1. A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed, or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially when intended as a… …

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  • 33Post hole — Post Post, n. [AS., fr. L. postis, akin to ponere, positum, to place. See {Position}, and cf. 4th {Post}.] 1. A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed, or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially when intended as a… …

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  • 34Post mill — Post Post, n. [AS., fr. L. postis, akin to ponere, positum, to place. See {Position}, and cf. 4th {Post}.] 1. A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed, or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially when intended as a… …

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  • 35mezuzah — or mezuza noun (plural zahs or zas or mezuzot) Etymology: Hebrew mĕzūzāh doorpost Date: 1650 a small parchment scroll inscribed with Deuteronomy 6:4 9 and 11:13 21 and the name Shaddai and placed in a case fixed to the doorpost by some Jewish… …

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  • 36Inanna — This is Inanna on the Ishtar Vase in the French museum Louvre. Queen of Heaven Goddess of Love, War, Fertility and Lust Abode …

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  • 37How Ian Direach got the Blue Falcon — is a Scottish fairy tale, collected by John Francis Campbell in Popular Tales of the West Highlands . He recorded it from a quarryman in Knockderry, Roseneath, named Angus Campbell.Andrew Lang included it in The Orange Fairy Book .ynopsisA king… …

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  • 38mezuza — [mə zoo′zə, məzo͞o′zə] n. pl. mezuzot [mə zoo′zōt] or mezuzas 〚Heb mezuza, lit., doorpost〛 Judaism a small piece of parchment inscribed with the Shema, from Deuteronomy (6:4 9 & 11:13 21), rolled and put into a case and attached to the doorpost… …

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  • 39Chicago Jewish Star — Front page of the December 7 20, 2001, issue of the Chicago Jewish Star Type Free semi weekly newspaper Format Tabloid …

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  • 40mezuzah — [mɛ zu:zə] noun (plural mezuzahs or mezuzoth zəʊt) a parchment inscribed with religious texts, attached in a case to the doorpost of a Jewish house as a sign of faith. Origin C17: from Heb. mĕzūzāh doorpost …

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