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  • 11Wax paper — Wax Wax, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, G. wachs, OHG. wahs, Icel. & Sw. vax, Dan. vox, Lith. vaszkas, Russ. vosk .] [1913 Webster] 1. A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; …

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  • 12The Paper Nautilus — is a poem written by American poet Marianne Moore. This work made its first appearance was in 1941, and then again in Moore’s book of poetry, The Complete Poems of Marianne Moore in 1967. This poem was originally written as a gift to Elizabeth… …

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  • 13Indian paper — Indian In di*an (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus, the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. ?, OPers. Hindu, name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus. Cf. {Hindu}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to India… …

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  • 14cameo paper — noun : a clay coated paper having an ivory tint and a dull finish used by artists for making pencil drawings …

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  • 15The General Magazine — (variously called The Avalon Hill General , Avalon Hill s General or simply The General ) was first published in 1964, as a bi monthly periodical devoted to supporting Avalon Hill s line of wargames, with articles on game tactics, history, and… …

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  • 16Watercolor painting — For other uses, see Watercolors (disambiguation). An artist working on a watercolor using a round brush Watercolor (US) or watercolour (UK and Commonwealth), also aquarelle from French, is a painting method. A watercolor is the …

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  • 17The Dunciad — Alexander Pope The Dunciad /ˈd …

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  • 18United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 19literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 20pre-Columbian civilizations — Introduction       the aboriginal American Indian (Mesoamerican Indian) cultures that evolved in Meso America (part of Mexico and Central America) and the Andean region (western South America) prior to Spanish exploration and conquest in the 16th …

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