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  • 11Thick stuff — Thick Thick (th[i^]k), a. [Compar. {Thicker} ( [ e]r); superl. {Thickest}.] [OE. thicke, AS. [thorn]icce; akin to D. dik, OS. thikki, OHG. dicchi thick, dense, G. dick thick, Icel. [thorn]ykkr, [thorn]j[ o]kkr, and probably to Gael. & Ir. tiugh.… …

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  • 12Toil — Toil, n. [F. toiles, pl., toils, nets, fr. toile cloth, canvas, spider web, fr. L. tela any woven stuff, a web, fr. texere to weave. See {Text}, and cf. {Toilet}.] A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; usually in the… …

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  • 13Antonio de Morga — Doctor Antonio de Morga Sánchez Garay (1559, Seville, Spain mdash;July 21, 1636) was a lawyer and a high ranking colonial official in the Philippines, New Spain and Peru. He was also a historian. He published the book Sucesos de las islas… …

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  • 14History of the Ming Dynasty — The History of the Ming Dynasty (zh cp|c=明朝|p=Míng Cháo) covers a period including its rule as the dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol led Yuan Dynasty. At its height, the Ming Dynasty had a population of 160… …

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  • 15Shrine of Guadalupe —     Shrine of Guadalupe     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Shrine of Guadalupe     Guadalupe is strictly the name of a picture, but was extended to the church containing the picture and to the town that grew up around. The word is Spanish Arabic, but… …

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  • 16toil — {{11}}toil (n.1) hard work, c.1300, turmoil, contention, dispute, from Anglo Fr. toil (13c.), from toiler agitate, stir up, entangle, from O.Fr. toeillier drag about, make dirty (12c.), usually said to be from L. tudiculare crush with a small… …

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  • 17fabric — n. 1. Building, structure, edifice, pile. 2. Texture, conformation, make, workmanship. 3. Manufactured cloth, textile product, woven stuff …

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  • 18tissue — n. 1. Fabric, cloth, woven stuff (especially cloth interwoven with gold or silver or figured colors). 2. Texture, structure, web. 3. Combination, series, accumulation, conglomeration, mass, network, chain …

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  • 19Silk gown — Stuff Stuff, n. [OF. estoffe, F. [ e]toffe; of uncertain origin, perhaps of Teutonic origin and akin to E. stop, v.t. Cf. {Stuff}, v. t.] 1. Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture. [1913 Webster] For the stuff they had… …

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  • 20literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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