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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A commercial name for a quality of albuminized paper exported from Germany (Dresden) for photographic purposes.
  • noun An apparatus consisting of a series of rectangular boxes containing some mercury on the bottom and provided with agitating blades. These boxes are used for removing the slime from the gold amalgam.

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  • noun an area in Germany around the upper Elbe river; the original home of the Saxons
  • noun a French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750)

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Examples

  • The natural history collection increased -- butterflies, pressed plants and minerals were stored up; the falls were used for shower-baths; trout caught in the streams and lakes; and time was passing, when one evening, as the glorious sky foretold a bright day on the morrow, Dale, who was seated outside Andregg's chalet with Melchior, returned that day from far below with a fresh load of provisions, called Saxe to bring him his field-glass.

    The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps George Manville Fenn 1870

  • He saw, also, that the natives of India might, under European commanders, be formed into armies such as Saxe or Frederick would be proud to command.

    Ten Great Events in History James Johonnot 1855

  • "Saxe," he said at last, as they were now slowly passing along the rocks by the side of the glacier, which they had now left to avoid some patches of rugged ice, "I'm afraid we shall have to rest here in some niche as soon as darkness comes on.

    The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps George Manville Fenn 1870

  • In other words, Bedny and Saxe, nice study — but I could have told you that.

    Insight into the theory of mind ewillett 2009

  • However, Bedny and Saxe found that blind people performed just as well in predicting the feelings of other people as sighted people did.

    Insight into the theory of mind ewillett 2009

  • During our stay at Dover we had secur'd beds, which was no slight consideration, for on Monday night we had in the house the Duke of Saxe Wiemar and his wife, two Generals, a Colonel, and 2 Aid de Camps, most of whom had to sat up all night and smoke, and in the morning we found the dukes attendants devouring a cold fowl on the Landing place for want of better accommodation. —

    Letter 290 2009

  • In the new study, Saxe and her fellow researchers used a non-invasive technique called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to selectively interfere with brain activity in the right TPJ: in other words, they applied a strong magnetic field to a small area of the skull.

    Morally malignant magnets ewillett 2010

  • Moral judgment, Saxe says, even though it feels like one uniform thing, is “actually a hodgepodge of competing and conflicting judgment, all of which get jumbled into what we call moral judgment.”

    Morally malignant magnets ewillett 2010

  • Moral judgment, Saxe says, even though it feels like one uniform thing, is “actually a hodgepodge of competing and conflicting judgment, all of which get jumbled into what we call moral judgment.”

    Morally malignant magnets ewillett 2010

  • In the new study, Saxe and her fellow researchers used a non-invasive technique called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to selectively interfere with brain activity in the right TPJ: in other words, they applied a strong magnetic field to a small area of the skull.

    Morally malignant magnets ewillett 2010

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