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- noun Plural form of
alba .
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Examples
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Sed tamen priusquam alio diuertamur, in hac parte attingendum videtur, quod idem ille in mappa Islandiæ, quam sub suo nomine, prædicto anno edi fecerat, de duobus, præter supra dictos, fontibus Islandiæ prodidit: quorum alter lanas albas colore nigro, alter nigras, albo inficiat.
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Sed tamen priusquam alio diuertamur, in hac parte attingendum videtur, quod idem ille in mappa Islandi�, quam sub suo nomine, pr鎑icto anno edi fecerat, de duobus, pr鎡er supra dictos, fontibus Islandi� prodidit: quorum alter lanas albas colore nigro, alter nigras, albo inficiat.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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O Iane, a tergo quem nulla ciconia pinsit, nec manus auriculas imitari mobilis albas, nec linguae, quantum sitiat canis Apula, tantae.
Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Harold Edgeworth Butler 1914
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One or two, indeed, have "made fortune," the most famous of them being the great _aubade_ (chief among its kind, as "En un vergier sotz folha d'albespi" is among the Provençal albas), which begins --
The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) George Saintsbury 1889
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And in all the earlier songs of the troubadours we shall find many traces of the same influence; for their _albas_ or _aubades_
Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University Edward MacDowell 1884
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The elder Pliny, in discussing the etymology of the word Albion, suggests that the land may have been so named from the White Roses which abounded in it -- 'Albion insula sic dicta ab albis rupibus, quas mare alluit, vel ob rosas albas quibus abundat.'
The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868
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This was the white ibis (_Tantalus albas_), which the zoologist stated was found in plenty along the whole southern coast of the United States.
The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire Mayne Reid 1850
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Sed tamen priusquam alio diuertamur, in hac parte attingendum videtur, quod idem ille in mappa Islandiæ, quam sub suo nomine, prædicto anno edi fecerat, de duobus, præter supra dictos, fontibus Islandiæ prodidit: quorum alter lanas albas colore nigro, alter nigras, albo inficiat.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Tamen simile quiddam narratur à Theophrasto: Flumen esse in Macedonia, quod oues nigras, albas reddat.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Desertosque lares, et valles ossibus albas Exiguis videt, et vestigia parva stupescit.
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