Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having white arms.
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Examples
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A queen from ancient Greece, a “white-armed” goddess.
dream of night heather henson 2010
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A queen from ancient Greece, a “white-armed” goddess.
dream of night heather henson 2010
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A queen from ancient Greece, a “white-armed” goddess.
dream of night heather henson 2010
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A queen from ancient Greece, a “white-armed” goddess.
dream of night heather henson 2010
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There is no question, however, when the Palio makes its appearance, in a cart driven by white long-horned oxen, that the ritual must go back at the very latest to the Iron Age, when Uni, the Etruscan Juno, was the ox-eyed, white-armed queen of heaven.
Mysteries of Siena Rowland, Ingrid D. 2008
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And again she bore a third, the evil-minded Hydra of Lerna, whom the goddess, white-armed Hera nourished, being angry beyond measure with the mighty Heracles.
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There the son of Cronos used to lie with the rich-tressed nymph, unseen by deathless gods and mortal men, at dead of night while sweet sleep should hold white-armed Hera fast.
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Ever she avoided the throng of the blessed gods and lived in a shadowy cave, and there the Son of Cronos used to lie with the rich-tressed nymph at dead of night, while white-armed Hera lay bound in sweet sleep: and neither deathless god nor mortal man knew it.
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And they bade Iris call her aside from white-armed Hera, lest she might afterwards turn her from coming with her words.
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The Father of men and gods gave you birth remote from men and secretly from white-armed Hera.
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