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71Bulls and Briefs — • A bulla was originally a circular plate or boss of metal, so called from its resemblance in form to a bubble floating upon water Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Bulls and Briefs Bulls and Briefs …
72Ethiopia — • Includes geography, history, and religion Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ethiopia Ethiopia † …
73Montreuil Abbey — • A former convent of Cistercian nuns in the Diocese of Laon, now Soissons, France Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Montreuil Abbey Montreuil Abbey …
74Methods of Abbreviation — Methods of Abbreviation † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Methods of Abbreviation The use of abbreviations is due, in part, to exigencies arising from the nature of the materials employed in the making of records, whether stone, marble,… …
75blot out — verb a) to obscure The moon blotted out the sun and all was dark. b) to make something undecipherable; to obliterate From the time he had left the house in Soho on the morning of the murder, he was simply blotted out; and gradually, as time drew… …
76cacography — noun a) Bad spelling. b) Bad handwriting. Syn: crabbed, cramped, faint, hieroglyphic, illegible, indecipherable, indistinct, obscure …
77unreadable — adjective a) That cannot be read or is not easy to read. unreadable handwriting b) Not sufficiently interesting to be worth reading. a machine that cut up secret documents into small unreadable fragments Syn: illegible, indecipherable, unc …
78Rosetta Stone — noun a) A large inscribed stone found near Rosetta, Egypt, in 1799; later used as a basis for understanding many previously undecipherable examples of hieroglyphic writing. My friend’s carefully compiled notebook was the Rosetta Stone that opened …
79rhubarb rhubarb — noun a) Background noise of several conversations , none of which are decipherable since actually all the actors are only repeating the word rhubarb (chosen because it contains no very sharp or recognisable phonemes) or other words with similar… …
80illegible — adjective /ɪˈlɛʤəbl/ Not clear enough to be read; unreadable; not legible or decipherable. Syn: dirty, foul, indecipherable, marked up, unclear, undecipherable …
