Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A thin woolen or worsted stuff, highly glazed.
- noun A strainer or bolter made of hair or cloth.
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Examples
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He would surely have been present, for example, at such great occasions as the marriage, in January 1085, of al-Mu'tamin's son Ahmad al-Musta'in to a daughter of Abu Bakr of Valencia, splendidly organized by the Jewish vizier Abu al-Fadl ibn Hasday, himself one of the luminaries of the court culture of Zaragoza.
David Shasha: Charlton Heston's 'El Cid': A Hero for Our Time 2010
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He would surely have been present, for example, at such great occasions as the marriage, in January 1085, of al-Mu'tamin's son Ahmad al-Musta'in to a daughter of Abu Bakr of Valencia, splendidly organized by the Jewish vizier Abu al-Fadl ibn Hasday, himself one of the luminaries of the court culture of Zaragoza.
David Shasha: Charlton Heston's 'El Cid': A Hero for Our Time 2010
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“Zanaka mpitandrina ny tenany, teraka tamin'ny 1 oktobra 1923 (tapabolana sisa manko) ary Ankadivato ilay fonenana nahalehibe azy.
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You can't go on forever huntin 'bear an' tamin 'cats, "protested the old rancher.
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You can't go on forever huntin 'bear an' tamin 'cats, "protested the old rancher.
The Man of the Forest Zane Grey 1905
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April 2, 2008 at 12:29 pm hrrmmmmm… dat soun a leeeeetle liek, tamin of teh kitteh? oohhh… an hopfurree, wen teh RITE boi gits wit her, he has a plan, a good jawb, an… lawtz o PASHUNSSSS
teenager kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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If the school has a poultry farm, students with high degrees of interest may study v-tamin and/or mineral needs in poultry as an independent special study.
Chapter 6 1980
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"It's a kind of talent -- a gift, you might say -- like breakin 'horses or tamin' wild animals," he was wont to reply modestly when questioned by those who followed his example and failed lamentably.
The Fighting Shepherdess Caroline Lockhart 1916
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"But if I'd paid more attention to geography in my school than I did to tamin 'toads and playin' circus I wouldn't have bet."
The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Holman Day 1900
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I had some little dealin's with men in the marryin 'line once,' n 'I found 'em very shy; tamin' gophers is sleepin 'in the sun beside grabbin' a man 's dead against bein 'grabbed.
Susan Clegg and Her Neighbors' Affairs Anne Warner 1891
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