Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The awn or beard of barley.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To pull away.
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- verb transitive, obsolete To
pull away .
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*** Technology Several popular online travel companies are joining forces to oppose Google's proposed $700 million purchase of ITA Software, the leading provider of flight data, saying the deal would give it too much sway over the tr avel sector.
Business Watch 2010
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While the profit was in line with expectations after a sharp fall in leisure tr avel bookings saw new Chief Executive
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Arntzenius, F. and T. Maudlin, 2000, “T.me T.avel and Modern Physics,” in T.e Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2000 Edition), E.N. Zalta (ed.), URL =.
Time Machines Earman, John 2004
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Will hauling up g [r] avel for the walks in the yard.
Ferry Hill Plantation journal : January 4, 1838-January 15, 1839, 1961
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Machiavel (1576); OSORIUS, De nobilitate christiana (Rome, 1592); POSSEVINO, Judicium de quatuor scriptoribus (Rome, 1592) 'FREDERICK II or PRUSSIA, whose Anti-Machi avel was edited by VOLTAIRE (Amsterdam, 1741).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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[136] O.T. Mason, Primitive T.avel and T.ansportation, pp. 249-250.
Influences of Geographic Environment On the Basis of Ratzel's System of Anthropo-Geography Ellen Churchill Semple 1897
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Then he made the circuit of the field, to assure himself that all was right, and that there were no stragglers lying frozen in corners, or turned _avel_ [6] in the lirks of the knowes.
Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887
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[Footnote 6: A sheep turns _avel_ when it so settles itself upon its back in a hollow of the hill that it cannot rise.]
Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887
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T.avel report identifies post-recession trends photo: US DoD/T.ch.Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol, U.S.
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missanthropist commented on the word avel
One, another Sanscrit & Arab roots. Also, 'Aver'.
July 15, 2008