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  • 51Dainties — Dainty Dain ty, n.; pl. {Dainties}. [OE. deinie, dainte, deintie, deyntee, OF. deinti[ e] delicacy, orig., dignity, honor, fr. L. dignitas, fr. dignus worthy. See {Deign}, and cf. {Dignity}.] 1. Value; estimation; the gratification or pleasure… …

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  • 52Dainty — Dain ty, n.; pl. {Dainties}. [OE. deinie, dainte, deintie, deyntee, OF. deinti[ e] delicacy, orig., dignity, honor, fr. L. dignitas, fr. dignus worthy. See {Deign}, and cf. {Dignity}.] 1. Value; estimation; the gratification or pleasure taken in… …

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  • 53Malakia (effeminacy) — In Greek society, effeminacy (Greek: gr. ἀνανδρία ndash; anandria ; gr. μαλακία ndash; malakia; Latin: mollites) was a term applied to men who were perceived as having the quality of unmanliness, softness or delicacy, shown by moral weakness,… …

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  • 54Diamondback terrapin — hand colored lithograph from Holbrook s North American Herpetology (1842) Conservation status …

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  • 55Dog meat — This article is about human consumption of dog flesh and parts. For meat eaten by dogs themselves, see Dog food. Dogmeat redirects here. For the character in the Fallout series of video games, see Fallout 3. Dog meat on sale at the Kyungdong… …

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  • 56Foie gras controversy — The controversial production of foie gras (the liver of a duck or a goose that has been specially fattened) involves force feeding birds more food than they would eat in the wild, and much more than they would voluntarily eat domestically. The… …

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  • 57Southern Animal Rights Coalition — [ thumb|right|220px|Protest at Wickham Laboratories, September 2007 [http://www.swatonline.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload name=News file=article sid=76 mode=thread order=0 thold=0 Wickham National Demo 2007] , published by Stop Wickham Animal… …

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  • 58painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction       history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present.       Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …

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  • 59Ancient Israelite cuisine — refers to the food eaten by the ancient Israelites during a period of over a thousand years, from the beginning of the Israelite presence in the Land of Israel at the beginning of the Iron Age until the Roman period. The dietary staples were… …

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  • 60delicate — 01. Grandma s health is quite [delicate], and she has to be careful not to catch a cold. 02. The little girl held her new baby brother [delicately] in her arms. 03. The flower has very [delicate] petals, so be careful when you re holding it. 04.… …

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