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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A peculiar purplish brown used in the decoration of Hindu pottery; also, certain glazed ware painted with it.

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  • noun the major Protestant paramilitary group in Northern Ireland; responsible for bombing the homes of Catholics and for criminal racketeering and selling drugs

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  • I wciąż mam nadzieję, że jeszcze w tym roku uda mi się dolecieć samolotem do Księżyca …

    Global Voices in English » Air Bus AF 447: Sorrow, lack of information and sensationalism 2009

  • Nie wiem co ty mozesz wypatrzyc i zakupic, lecz chyba troche ci sie uda.

    Biden Spokesman: There Are No Discussions Of Any Deal With Obama Camp 2009

  • Kalo ga mau hidup,, ya uda mati aja wakkakkak .. * maap = P*

    mayoineko Diary Entry mayoineko 2009

  • [5237] Unde hic fervor aquis terra erumpentibus uda?

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • OK, anak baru yang namanya bersinonim ama WDone; Gushi; Hacchan; Rosy; Shin-nee; Moe-nee; MzRWn; Ketua; Paman Jii-wan [uda bukan acuan siy, jadi ga bisa panggil "Paman Acuan"].

    mayoineko Diary Entry mayoineko 2007

  • On sie poprawi. wiesz, bo Mu zalezy. tak, mnie tez zalezy. to sie uda i nie, nie poznam nikogo na studiach, bo to ten jedyny. i jesli tylko sie postaramy, to to naprawde ma szanse przetrwac na zawsze. mam nadzieje, ze po wczorajszym pewne rzeczy doszly do nas i kilka rzeczy sie zmieni.

    - pozytywnie 2007

  • St. Ennodius of Pavia (d. 521) speaks of it thus ( "Libellus pro Synodo", near the end): "Ecce nunc ad gestatoriam sellam apostolicæ confessionis uda mittunt limina candidatos; et uberibus gaudio exactore fletibus collata Dei beneficio dona geminantur" (Behold now the neophytes go from the dripping threshold to the portable chair of the Apostolic confession; amid abundant tears called forth by joy the gifts of Divine grace are doubled).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

  • Cymothoen. timet illa ferum seseque sequenti subripit et duris elabitur uda lacertis.

    The Marriage of Honorius and Maria Claudian 1912

  • Tibur, with its "silvan shades, and orchards moist with wimpling rills," -- the "_Tiburni lucus, et uda mobilibus pomaria rivis_," - and its milder climate, so genial to his sun-loving temperament: --

    Horace Theodore Martin 1862

  • The roads from Kandegedera in Kandaketiya to Gala-uda, Mahiyangana-Metitale, Tennepanguwa Kiriwehera will be renovated benefiting thousands of families in the area.

    WN.com - Articles related to Indian banks don't chase hot money: FM 2010

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