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  • 81IBN GAON, SHEM TOV BEN ABRAHAM — (late 13th to 14th centuries), kabbalist and halakhist. Ibn Gaon was born in Soria, Spain, and migrated to Ereẓ Israel in 1312, producing most of his work in Safed. His principal teachers were Solomon b. abraham adret and isaac b. todros . He was …

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  • 82JONATHAN BEN DAVID HA-KOHEN OF LUNEL — (c. 1135–after 1210), talmudic scholar of Provence, the leading rabbi of Lunel after the death of meshullam b. jacob . He was a pupil of Moses b. Joseph Merwan in Narbonne and possibly of Meir ibn Migash – the son of joseph ibn migash – in Spain …

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  • 83NIDDAH — (Heb. נִדָּה menstruating woman ; literally, one who is excluded or expelled ). According to Jewish law, a man is forbidden to maintain sexual relations with his wife during and for some time both before and after (see below) her menses. Marital… …

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  • 84Stricture — Stric ture, n. [L. strictura a contraction, from stringere, strictum, to draw tight: cf. F. stricture. See {Strict}.] 1. Strictness. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A man of stricture and firm abstinence. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A stroke; a glance; a touch …

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  • 85To tone down — Tone Tone, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Toning}.] 1. To utter with an affected tone. [1913 Webster] 2. To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune. See {Tune}, v. t. [1913 Webster] 3. (Photog.) To bring, as a print, to a… …

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  • 86To tone up — Tone Tone, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Toning}.] 1. To utter with an affected tone. [1913 Webster] 2. To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune. See {Tune}, v. t. [1913 Webster] 3. (Photog.) To bring, as a print, to a… …

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  • 87Tone — Tone, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Toning}.] 1. To utter with an affected tone. [1913 Webster] 2. To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune. See {Tune}, v. t. [1913 Webster] 3. (Photog.) To bring, as a print, to a certain… …

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  • 88Toned — Tone Tone, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Toning}.] 1. To utter with an affected tone. [1913 Webster] 2. To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune. See {Tune}, v. t. [1913 Webster] 3. (Photog.) To bring, as a print, to a… …

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  • 89Toning — Tone Tone, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Toning}.] 1. To utter with an affected tone. [1913 Webster] 2. To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune. See {Tune}, v. t. [1913 Webster] 3. (Photog.) To bring, as a print, to a… …

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  • 90stricture — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin strictura, from Latin strictus, past participle Date: 14th century 1. a. an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage; also the narrowed part b. a constriction of the breath passage in the production… …

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