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- noun chemistry Symbol for
arsenic .
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Examples
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As he turned, his face being towards them, Alice saw that it was the book-keeper who had lived with her, and in a low voice whispered her sister, _As I hope to live, it is our Tom.
Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences Arthur L. Hayward
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As carelessly as though she reined up before the _café_ door of the _As de Pique_, she arrested her horse before the great Marshal who was the impersonation of authority, and put her hand up in the salute, with her saucy wayward laugh.
Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida 1839-1908 Ouida 1873
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As far as I can determine the matter, _As You Like It_ is, upon the whole, my favourite of Shakespeare's comedies.
Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England Henry Norman Hudson 1850
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The magma which has risen spreads out beneath the plates As the magma spreads out, the plates are dragged along and they move away from each other (X) The spreading magma cools and sinks As the magma sinks, the plates are dragged towards each other [Y and Y1] The repeated heating and rising of the magma sets up continuous convection currents in the mantle causing the plates to move
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As the twilight deepens, from just out of sight a man's voice is heard singing as follows_:] _As I lay on the grass, with the sun in the west,
Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy Edmund Gosse 1888
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N. _ vi. 32, sub fin.] [Footnote 9111: Pliny, l.s.c. The breed is now extinct.] [Footnote 9112: The savagery of the ancient inhabitants of the mainland is strongly marked in the narrative of Hanno (_Periplus_, passim).] [Footnote 9113: As Heeren (_As.
History of Phoenicia George Rawlinson 1857
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As a Spanish word, it simply means "male" and slightly under 50% of Mexicans are male.
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As a Spanish word, it simply means "male" and slightly under 50% of Mexicans are male.
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As a Spanish word, it simply means "male" and slightly under 50% of Mexicans are male.
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As a Spanish word, it simply means "male" and slightly under 50% of Mexicans are male.
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