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  • 91handsome is as handsome does — Handsome denotes chivalrous or genteel behaviour, though it is often popularly taken to refer to good looks. At its second occurrence in the proverb the word is properly an adverb. For the common US equivalent, see pretty is as pretty does. c… …

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  • 92goodish — adjective 1. moderately good of its kind a goodish wine • Similar to: ↑good 2. large in amount or extent or degree it cost a considerable amount a goodly amount received a hefty bonus a respectable sum …

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  • 93FOUR SPECIES — (Heb. אַרְבָּעָה מִינִים, arba ah minim), the four different plants which form an obligatory part of the rite of Sukkot according to the biblical commandment And ye shall take you on the first day (of Sukkot) the fruit of goodly trees, branches… …

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  • 94ḤASIDISM — ḤASIDISM, a popular religious movement giving rise to a pattern of communal life and leadership as well as a particular social outlook which emerged in Judaism and Jewry in the second half of the 18th century. Ecstasy, mass enthusiasm, close knit …

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  • 95SUKKOT — (Heb. סֻכּוֹת; booths or tabernacles ), the festival, beginning on the 15th day of Tishre, which commemorates the sukkot in which the Children of Israel dwelt in the wilderness after the Exodus. The festival lasts for seven days, of which the… …

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  • 96A stand of arms — Arms Arms, n. pl. [OE. armes, F. arme, pl. armes, fr. L. arma, pl., arms, orig. fittings, akin to armus shoulder, and E. arm. See {Arm}, n.] 1. Instruments or weapons of offense or defense. [1913 Webster] He lays down his arms, but not his wiles …

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  • 97Aguise — A*guise , v. t. [Pref a + guise.] To dress; to attire; to adorn. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Above all knights ye goodly seem aguised. Spenser. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 98Amorpha canescens — Lead Lead (l[e^]d), n. [OE. led, leed, lead, AS. le[ a]d; akin to D. lood, MHG. l[=o]t, G. loth plummet, sounding lead, small weight, Sw. & Dan. lod. [root]123.] 1. (Chem.) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright,… …

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  • 99Arms — Arms, n. pl. [OE. armes, F. arme, pl. armes, fr. L. arma, pl., arms, orig. fittings, akin to armus shoulder, and E. arm. See {Arm}, n.] 1. Instruments or weapons of offense or defense. [1913 Webster] He lays down his arms, but not his wiles.… …

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  • 100Arm's end — Arms Arms, n. pl. [OE. armes, F. arme, pl. armes, fr. L. arma, pl., arms, orig. fittings, akin to armus shoulder, and E. arm. See {Arm}, n.] 1. Instruments or weapons of offense or defense. [1913 Webster] He lays down his arms, but not his wiles …

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