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... term Xerophthalmia has been invented . It may be palliated by keeping the cornea constantly moist with glycerine by means of an eye- cup . Ör there may be an over- secretion of tears , so that they run down the cheeks . This affection ...
... term Xerophthalmia has been invented . It may be palliated by keeping the cornea constantly moist with glycerine by means of an eye- cup . Ör there may be an over- secretion of tears , so that they run down the cheeks . This affection ...
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... term has also a wider signification , and is made to apply to the process by which some varieties of goods in wood and papier mâché are also coated with layers of varnish , which are polished , and often inlaid with mother - of - pearl ...
... term has also a wider signification , and is made to apply to the process by which some varieties of goods in wood and papier mâché are also coated with layers of varnish , which are polished , and often inlaid with mother - of - pearl ...
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... term used in Music , meaning weeping , or mournfully ; similar to lamen- toso , which expresses the same , but in a higher degree . The delivery should be heart - stirring , but at the same time free from all mannerisms and ...
... term used in Music , meaning weeping , or mournfully ; similar to lamen- toso , which expresses the same , but in a higher degree . The delivery should be heart - stirring , but at the same time free from all mannerisms and ...
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... term for the left side of a vessel , looking forwards . From its liability to be confused by the steersman with the not very different sound , starboard , ' the word was a few years ago officially abolished , and the expression port ...
... term for the left side of a vessel , looking forwards . From its liability to be confused by the steersman with the not very different sound , starboard , ' the word was a few years ago officially abolished , and the expression port ...
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... term now seldom used . It is applied to sheet - brass , and previous to the reforms in the Customs tariff , the name was regularly recog- nised . There are three varieties of latten known black , shaven , and roll . The first is rolled ...
... term now seldom used . It is applied to sheet - brass , and previous to the reforms in the Customs tariff , the name was regularly recog- nised . There are three varieties of latten known black , shaven , and roll . The first is rolled ...
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