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  • 111revolution — n 1. rebellion, revolt, insurrection, insurgence, insurgency, uprising, rising, outbreak, mutiny; sedition, subversion, treason; overthrow, takeover, putsch, coup d dtat; riot, anarchy, civil disorder, mob law, street fighting, fighting in the… …

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  • 112peridinial — adjective see peridinian I * * * peridinial, a. Zool. (pɛrɪˈdɪnɪəl) [f. mod. Zool. L. Peridīnium, f. Gr. περιδῑνής whirled round, περιδῑνεῖν to whirl round.] Belonging or related to the genus Peridinium (wreath animalcules), or family Peridiniidæ …

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  • 113Dinetical — Di*net ic*al, a. [Gr. ? to whirl round.] Revolving on an axis. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 114Fresnel's rhomb — Rhomb Rhomb (r[o^]mb or r[o^]m; 277), n. [L. rhombus, Gr. ro mbos rhomb, a spinning top, magic wheel, fr. re mbein to turn or whirl round, perhaps akin to E. wrench: cf. F. rhombe. Cf. {Rhombus}, {Rhumb}.] 1. (Geom.) An equilateral parallelogram …

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  • 115Hurried — Hurry Hur ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hurried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hurrying}.] [OE. horien; cf. OSw. hurra to whirl round, dial. Sw. hurr great haste, Dan. hurre to buzz, Icel. hurr hurly burly, MHG. hurren to hurry, and E. hurr, whir to hurry; all… …

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  • 116Hurry — Hur ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hurried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hurrying}.] [OE. horien; cf. OSw. hurra to whirl round, dial. Sw. hurr great haste, Dan. hurre to buzz, Icel. hurr hurly burly, MHG. hurren to hurry, and E. hurr, whir to hurry; all prob. of …

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  • 117Hurrying — Hurry Hur ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hurried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hurrying}.] [OE. horien; cf. OSw. hurra to whirl round, dial. Sw. hurr great haste, Dan. hurre to buzz, Icel. hurr hurly burly, MHG. hurren to hurry, and E. hurr, whir to hurry; all… …

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  • 118Rhomb — (r[o^]mb or r[o^]m; 277), n. [L. rhombus, Gr. ro mbos rhomb, a spinning top, magic wheel, fr. re mbein to turn or whirl round, perhaps akin to E. wrench: cf. F. rhombe. Cf. {Rhombus}, {Rhumb}.] 1. (Geom.) An equilateral parallelogram, or… …

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  • 119square — Rhomb Rhomb (r[o^]mb or r[o^]m; 277), n. [L. rhombus, Gr. ro mbos rhomb, a spinning top, magic wheel, fr. re mbein to turn or whirl round, perhaps akin to E. wrench: cf. F. rhombe. Cf. {Rhombus}, {Rhumb}.] 1. (Geom.) An equilateral parallelogram …

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  • 120hurry — {{11}}hurry (n.) c.1600, probably from HURRY (Cf. hurry) (v.). {{12}}hurry (v.) 1590, first recorded in Shakespeare, who used it often; perhaps a variant of harry (v.), or perhaps a W.Midlands sense of M.E. hurren to vibrate rapidly, buzz, from P …

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