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91Saracura — In the Creation Legends of the Karaya Indians and the Ges Indians she was the water hen who saved the ancestors of the tribes from the deluge brought about by Anatiwa, by bringing earth to the hill top on which they had sought refuge as fast… …
92Tupuya and Ges Indian Creation Legends — The Karaya tribe of this group have a culture hero named Kaboi (known to the Arawaks as Kamu, to the Caribs as Tamu, to the Paraguayans as Zume, and to the Arovacs as Camu) who after the Deluge, when the ancestors of the tribe had sought… …
93main — I. /meɪn / (say mayn) adjective 1. chief; principal; leading: the main office. 2. sheer; utmost, as strength, force, etc.: by main force. 3. of or relating to a broad expanse: main sea. 4. Grammar See main clause. 5. Obsolete strong or mighty. 6 …
94nibble — [c]/ˈnɪbəl / (say nibuhl) verb (nibbled, nibbling) –verb (i) 1. to bite off small bits. 2. to eat or feed by biting off small pieces. –verb (t) 3. to bite off small bits of (a thing). 4. to eat by biting off small pieces. 5. to bite (off, etc.)… …
95Tod — 1. Allein der Todt zeigt an, woran man genug muss han. – Henisch, 1500, 24. 2. An den Tod denken, ist der Weg zur Weisheit. Den Arabern gegenüber hat man aber im allgemeinen jede Erwähnung des Todes zu vermeiden. Der Tod ist ein leidiges Wort;… …
96nibble — 1. n. a cautious or preliminary response to something. (See also nybble.) □ My advertisement got three nibbles this morning. □ We will see if anyone else gives it a nibble. 2. in. to reply cautiously or tentatively to something. □ Someone nibbled …
97nibble — [nib′əl] vt. nibbled, nibbling [LME nebyllen, prob. akin to MLowG nibbelen: for IE base see NIP1] 1. to eat (food) with quick bites, taking only a small amount at a time, as a mouse does 2. to bite at with small, gentle bites vi. 1. to take small …
98daintily — adverb 1. in a refined manner (Freq. 1) she nibbled daintily at her cake • Derived from adjective: ↑dainty 2. in a delicate manner the invitation cards were written up daintily in white and gold • Derived from adjective: ↑daint …
99de|col|lec|ti|vize — «DEE kuh LEHK tuh vyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to remove from collective management: »Peasant families nibbled at the state farms, decollectivized an estimated six million acres (Time) …
100nib´bling|ly — nib|ble «NIHB uhl», verb, bled, bling, noun. –v.t. to eat away with quick, small bites, as a rabbit or a mouse does: »The boy was just nibbling his food. –v.i. 1. to bite gently or lightly: »The fish nibbled at the bait. 2. to eat little or… …
