Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
porphyry .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Porphyry.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Obsolete form of
porphyry .
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Examples
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So regalpewter and porphyre, don't think you've escaped unscathed!
Two Got By Me On Two Different Days! regalpewter 2009
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Today's Sparkly Paddle of Birthday Wonderfulness is for porphyre--step forward and take what's comin' to ya!
Not Quite Late-- porphyre 2008
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Celles-ci sont de mati鑢es diff閞entes, porphyre, marbre, granit, etc.; et voil� pourquoi le voyageur, qui n’閠oit pas naturaliste, les repr閟ente comme 閠ant de couleurs diverses.]
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Celles-ci sont de matières différentes, porphyre, marbre, granit, etc.; et voilà pourquoi le voyageur, qui n'étoit pas naturaliste, les représente comme étant de couleurs diverses.]
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III Richard Hakluyt 1584
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