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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In conchology, a genus of fossil keyhole-limpets, or Fissurellidæ.
- noun [lowercase] A small rima or fissure, especially of the spinal cord or brain.
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Quo pacto defensorum opera uel tota frigeret, uel si prodesse hominibus mallet, in accusationis habitum uerteretur, Ipsi quoque improbi, si eis aliqua rimula uirtutem relictam fas esset aspicere uitiorumque sordes poenarum cruciatibus se deposituros uiderent compensatione adipiscendae probitatis, nec hos cruciatus esse ducerent defensorumque operam repudiarent ac se totos accusatoribus iudicibusque permitterent.
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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"Tenui quidem ueluti rimula mihi uideor intueri, sed ex te apertius cognoscere malim."
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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Kumeshhfü. • rimula \'eris Klimmen, C'umioum cyminum.
Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte mit erklaerenden Anmerkungen Nemnich, Philipp Andreas, 1764-1822 1793
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