Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Cumberland, England, decomposed limestone; in some other districts in England, a bed or deposit of fine silicious material.
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For famp said tipb: Apple Doubles 3G Download Cap for iPhone to 20MB
Stock Market Analysis at DeepMarket History 2010
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At Manheim and Worms, reports prevailed of the moll ferious tumults DOW reigning in France; and we were more than once caudoned againfl truiling ourfelves amongfl a canaille, who would hang us up at the famp-poft for a word or a look.
The Monthly Review 1796
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Placed immediately as well as the lords under the eye of the king, they be - held themfelves expofcd to the famp danger-s; like them therefore they purchafed their D d 4 perfonal
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Satisfied that I underftood him, he put on the moll chearful countenance: another cow was killed, great plenty of hydrorael produced, and he prepared to regale us as famp - tuoully as pofTible, after the manner of the country.
Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773 1790
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The two following Fragments are Parts of ftme Epflbdes of the famp Work. ■ '
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