Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A condition characterized by nausea, throbbing headache, and vertigo, often experienced by unacclimatized persons in the punas or elevated table-lands of Peru and Bolivia. Also called
puna .
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Examples
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To Don Ambrosio the sight of a great cavity in the earth, with huge quarries of quartz rock or scoria, and a rich "veta" at the back, was more agreeable than all the flowers in the world.
The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Mayne Reid 1850
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Eclipse saker från Little Brown | TWILIGHT SAGA – Allt du behöver veta inom Twilight fenomenet.
Twilight Lexicon » Upcoming Eclipse Products From Little Brown 2010
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Learning to Write: Effective Teaching Methods free veta english course chennai
English Learning Software – Write Error Free English Instantly! « Articles « Literacy News 2009
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Finally, in 1868, he struck the veta madre, the mother lode.
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Finally, in 1868, he struck the veta madre, the mother lode.
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Thank you, now the connection to the swedish “veta” know was easy.
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And it sound even better in Spanish: "El Gobierno veta el presupuesto de la UE por el 'intolerable' plan de recorte de fondos."
The pain in Spain II Richard 2005
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ECHEVERRI VILLA, A.: Notas sobre mineria de veta y cianuracion, Asociacion Colombiana de Mineros Medellin, Colombia, 1941.
Chapter 30 1993
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In mining we meet with the "mother-lode," _veta, madre_, but, curiously enough, the main shaft is called in German _Vaterschacht_.
The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day Alexander F. Chamberlain
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Frequently, too, amid the rumble of the "veta madre" pouring down her treasures, some former
Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond Harry Alverson Franck 1921
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