Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The omasum.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
psalter . - noun Same as
psaltery , 1. - noun In zoology, the third division of the stomach of a typical ruminant, between the reticulum or honeycomb and the abomasum; the omasum: also called
manyplies , from the numerous folds of mucous membrane which nearly fill the interior. - noun In anatomy: The lyra of the fornix.
- noun The pectunculus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The third stomach of ruminants. See
manyplies . - noun The lyra of the brain.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
omasum
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The term "psaltery", from the [[Latin]] "'' psalterium ''", reveals its perceived similarity with the instrument of the [[psalms]] in [[medieval]] times.
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"psalterium", reveals its perceived similarity with the instrument of the
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"psalterium", reveals its perceived similarity with the instrument of the
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He is obliged once a year to make an ode in praise of St. Cecilia, who played so marvellously on the organ or psalterium that an angel descended from the ninth heaven to listen to her more conveniently — the harmony of the psaltery, in ascending from this place to the land of angels, necessarily losing a small portion of its volume.
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Ego autem indutus preciosioribus vestibus accepi in pectore puluinar, quod erat valde pulchrum, et biblium quod dederatis mihi, psalterium pulcherrimum, quod dederat mihi domina regina, in quo erant picturæ pulchræ.
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Illic Coiac tulit ei thuribulum cum incenso, quod ipse respexit, tenens in manu diligenter: postea tulit ei psalterium quod valde respexit, et vxor eius sedens iuxta eum.
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Ego autem indutus preciosioribus vestibus accepi in pectore puluinar, quod erat valde pulchrum, et biblium quod dederatis mihi, psalterium pulcherrimum, quod dederat mihi domina regina, in quo erant pictur� pulchr�.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Illic Coiac tulit ei thuribulum cum incenso, quod ipse respexit, tenens in manu diligenter: postea tulit ei psalterium quod valde respexit, et vxor eius sedens iuxta eum.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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He made also a great Psalter, _magnum psalterium_, superior to any contained in the monastery, except the glossed ones.
Bibliomania in the Middle Ages Frederick Somner Merryweather
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Item aliud psalterium glosatum inpignoratum penes Isabellam Siccadona.
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