Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variant spelling of
cand .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mining) Fluor spar; -- so called by Cornish miners.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mining, UK, dialect, Cornish
fluorspar
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Examples
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He said, we cannot accept more of the same, but then he picks the one kand dad who represents Washington insider more than any Republican or Democrat that ran for president this election cycle.
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I invited poeple over to drin kand be maerry with me on this dat of thanks.
thewhat Diary Entry thewhat 2007
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In response The Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer and John Hutton, the Wor kand Pensions Secretary, will amend the Compensation Bill - currently going through Parliament - to reverse the ruling.
Government will reverse mesothelioma ruling Thatsnews 2006
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‘Min Herre, endog ieg med ingen tunge talede, ligesom baern, oc uskellige creatuure: Mine klaedebon oc mit legoms magerhed uduiser alligeuel klarlig huad ting mig best behof gioris, som er sandelig mad oc dricke: Huorfor forbarme dig ofuer mig, oc befal at giue mig noguet, af huilcket ieg kand slyre min giaeendis mage, ligeruiis som mand Cerbero en suppe forsetter: Saa skalt du lefue laenge oc lycksalig.’
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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‘Min Herre, endog ieg med ingen tunge talede, ligesom baern, oc uskellige creatuure: Mine klaedebon oc mit legoms magerhed uduiser alligeuel klarlig huad ting mig best behof gioris, som er sandelig mad oc dricke: Huorfor forbarme dig ofuer mig, oc befal at giue mig noguet, af huilcket ieg kand slyre min giaeendis mage, ligeruiis som mand Cerbero en suppe forsetter: Saa skalt du lefue laenge oc lycksalig.’
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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After two years, I obtained the degree of fil.kand. with the highest mark in economics.
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Less patient with cooking than he, it led its gobbet away from the flames, tossed it from hand kand until it was cool enough to eat, then tore off one t bite after another.
A different flesh Turtledove, Harry 1988
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The word Kandra may be derived from _kand_, an arrow, just as Dhanuk, often a synonym for Basor, has the meaning of an archer.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
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Shamir or Samar bin Afrik·s, the Tobba King of Al-Yaman, who lay waste Soghd-city ( "Shamir kand" = Shamir destroyed); and when rebuilt the place was called by the Arab. corruption Samarkand.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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It is from the blade of my kand-jiar that I should ask counsel!
The Wandering Jew — Complete Eug��ne Sue 1830
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