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  • 21precious stones —    Lapidaries, i.e. treatises on the virtues of precious and semi precious stones, circulated throughout medieval and Renaissance Europe. Some writers dealt only with their supposed curative properties; others said they had a moral influence too …

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  • 22Prayers to Broken Stones — infobox Book | name = Prayers to Broken Stones title orig = translator = image caption = author = Dan Simmons illustrator = cover artist = Gary Ruddell country = United States language = English series = Multiple genre = Science fiction, Horror,… …

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  • 23Double-Heart of Stacked Stones — Double Heart redirects here. For the short story collection, see Cœur double. The Twin Heart Fish Trap. The Double heart of stacked stones or the Twin Heart Fish Trap is a stone weir located on the north side of Cimei, an island in the Penghu… …

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  • 24List of decorative stones — *For generic petrological rock types, see: List of rock types Natural stone is a geographical list of stone used for decorative purposes in construction and monumental sculpture; currently or historically produced in various countries. In… …

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  • 25Ear stones — Ear Ear, n. [AS. e[ a]re; akin to OFries. [ a]re, [ a]r, OS. ?ra, D. oor, OHG. ?ra, G. ohr, Icel. eyra, Sw. [ o]ra, Dan. [ o]re, Goth. auso, L. auris, Lith. ausis, Russ. ukho, Gr. ?; cf. L. audire to hear, Gr. ?, Skr. av to favor, protect. Cf.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 26Gout stones — Gout Gout (gout), n. [F. goutte a drop, the gout, the disease being considered as a defluxion, fr. L. gutta drop.] [1913 Webster] 1. A drop; a clot or coagulation. [1913 Webster] On thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2.… …

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  • 27The Rolling Stones — Mick Jagger conoce a Keith Richards y a Brian Jones, juntos encuentran como punto en común su afición por el blues norteamericano (el interpretado por músicos tales como Muddy Waters, B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Bo Diddley, etc). Deciden formar… …

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  • 28jewelry — /jooh euhl ree/, n. 1. articles of gold, silver, precious stones, etc., for personal adornment. 2. any ornaments for personal adornment, as necklaces or cuff links, including those of base metals, glass, plastic, or the like. Also, esp. Brit.,… …

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  • 29bond — bond1 bondable, adj. bondability, n. bonder, n. bondless, adj. /bond/, n. 1. something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together. 2. a cord, rope, band, or ligament …

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  • 30wash — [wôsh, wäsh] vt. [ME wasshen < OE wæscan, akin to Ger waschen: for prob. IE base see WATER] 1. to clean by means of water or other liquid, as by dipping, tumbling, or scrubbing, often with soap, a detergent, etc. 2. to make clean in a… …

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