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Abacus
noun · 78% connection
A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, artois, anciently, called, artesium.
Acontias
noun · 78% connection
Anciently, a snake, called dart snake; now, one of a genus of reptiles closely allied to the lizards.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, artois, anciently, called, artesium.
Amphicome
noun · 78% connection
A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, artois, anciently, called, artesium.
Annates
n. pl. · 78% connection
The first year's profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England, they now form…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, artois, anciently, called, artesium.
Armorican
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to the northwestern part of France (formerly called Armorica, now Bretagne or Brittany), or to its people.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, artois, anciently, called, artesium.
Arriere-ban
noun · 78% connection
A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, artois, anciently, called, artesium.
Avignon berry
unknown · 78% connection
The fruit of the Rhamnus infectorius, eand of other species of the same genus; -- so called from the city of Avignon, in France. It is…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, artois, anciently, called, artesium.
Basilical
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to certain parts, anciently supposed to have a specially important function in the animal economy, as the middle vein of th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, artois, anciently, called, artesium.
Bay
noun · 78% connection
The laurel tree (Laurus nobilis). Hence, in the plural, an honorary garland or crown bestowed as a prize for victory or excellence, an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, artois, anciently, called, artesium.
Bedpost
noun · 78% connection
Anciently, a post or pin on each side of the bed to keep the clothes from falling off. See Bedstaff.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, artois, anciently, called, artesium.
Bedstaff
noun · 78% connection
"A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side."
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, artois, anciently, called, artesium.
Belgic
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to the Belgae, a German tribe who anciently possessed the country between the Rhine, the Seine, and the ocean.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, artois, anciently, called, artesium.
Belomancy
noun · 78% connection
A kind of divination anciently practiced by means of marked arrows drawn at random from a bag or quiver, the marks on the arrows drawn…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, artois, anciently, called, artesium.
Blackmail
noun · 78% connection
A certain rate of money, corn, cattle, or other thing, anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to certain men w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, artois, anciently, called, artesium.
Bower
noun · 78% connection
Anciently, a chamber; a lodging room; esp., a lady's private apartment.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, artois, anciently, called, artesium.
Canto
noun · 78% connection
The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, artois, anciently, called, artesium.
Chelidonius
noun · 78% connection
A small stone taken from the gizzard of a young swallow. -- anciently worn as a medicinal charm.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, artois, anciently, called, artesium.
Cinque Ports
unknown · 78% connection
Five English ports, to which peculiar privileges were anciently accorded; -- viz., Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich; after…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, artois, anciently, called, artesium.
