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  • 1Maillat Possession — (1598)    Case of Loyse Maillat, a young French DEMONIAC whose story of POSSESSION led to a mass witch hunt in the Burgundy region of France, presided over by one of the most ruthless judges and witch hunters, Henri Boguet.    Eight year old… …

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  • 2Alfonso IX of León — Alfonso IX of Leon and Galicia (August 15, 1171 ndash; September 23 or 24, 1230), first cousin of Alfonso VIII of Castile and numbered next to him as being a junior member of the family, was the king of León from the death of his father Ferdinand …

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  • 3Daisy de Melker — Background information Birth name Daisy Hancorn Smith Born June 1, 1886(1886 06 01) Seven Fountains, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa Died December 30, 1932(1932 12 30) ( …

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  • 4Nikolai Polevoy — Nikolai Alekseevich Polevoy (Russian Николай Алексеевич Полевой) (July 3 [O.S. June 22] 1796 March 6 [O.S. February 22] 1846) was a controversial Russian editor, writer, translator, and historian; his brother was the critic and journalist… …

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  • 5serpent —    Used occasionally of or to a person who is treacherous, alluding to the biblical story of the devil disguised as a serpent tempting Eve in the Garden of Eden.    In A Midsummer Night’s Dream (3:ii), Shakespeare has Hermia say to Demetrius,… …

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  • 6foam — [[t]fo͟ʊm[/t]] foams, foaming, foamed 1) N UNCOUNT Foam consists of a mass of small bubbles that are formed when air and a liquid are mixed together. The water curved round the rocks in great bursts of foam. Syn: froth 2) N MASS Foam is used to… …

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  • 7foam´like´ — foam «fohm», noun, verb. –n. 1. a mass of very small bubbles formed in water or other liquids especially by agitation, fermentation, effervescence, or boiling: »Another kind of extinguisher that is valuable for oil fires pours or throws a foam on …

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  • 8foam´less — foam «fohm», noun, verb. –n. 1. a mass of very small bubbles formed in water or other liquids especially by agitation, fermentation, effervescence, or boiling: »Another kind of extinguisher that is valuable for oil fires pours or throws a foam on …

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  • 9foam´ing|ly — foam «fohm», noun, verb. –n. 1. a mass of very small bubbles formed in water or other liquids especially by agitation, fermentation, effervescence, or boiling: »Another kind of extinguisher that is valuable for oil fires pours or throws a foam on …

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  • 10foam´er — foam «fohm», noun, verb. –n. 1. a mass of very small bubbles formed in water or other liquids especially by agitation, fermentation, effervescence, or boiling: »Another kind of extinguisher that is valuable for oil fires pours or throws a foam on …

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