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- noun Plural form of
margarite .
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To formulate his entry, Mège-Mouriez used margaric acid, a fatty acid component isolated in 1813 by Michael Chevreul and named because of the lustrous pearly drops that reminded him of the Greek word for pearl -- margarites.
Fooling Around with Fatty Acids ~~louise~~ 2008
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To formulate his entry, Mège-Mouriez used margaric acid, a fatty acid component isolated in 1813 by Michael Chevreul and named because of the lustrous pearly drops that reminded him of the Greek word for pearl -- margarites.
Archive 2008-07-01 ~~louise~~ 2008
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And if any margarites, called unions, began to grow old and lose somewhat of their natural whiteness and lustre, those with their art they did renew by tendering them to eat to some pretty cocks, as they use to give casting unto hawks.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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And if any margarites, called unions, began to grow old and lose somewhat of their natural whiteness and lustre, those with their art they did renew by tendering them to eat to some pretty cocks, as they use to give casting unto hawks.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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"Where the streets be gold, and the gates margarites, what shall the gowns be?"
The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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So he looked and spied treasures such as neither words could describe nor registers could document, pearls and jewels and jacinths and precious stones and unions and gorgeous robes of honour, adorned with margarites and jewels and purfled with red gold.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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The fields are pearled with milk-white margarites;
The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Complete Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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The fields are pearled with milk-white margarites;
The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 10: Before the Curfew Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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They chiefly coveted manillios and margarites, and cared very little for the rest of our wares.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784
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From Latin margarita, from Greek margarites (pearl)
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