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Nosegay , Nosegay
Sweet smelling flowers, herbs, and perfumes enhanced a person's scent throughout the eighteenth century. The infrequency of bathing made nose… Bosom , bos·om / ˈboŏzəm/ • n. a woman's chest: the dress offered a fair display of bosom. ∎ (usu. bosoms) a woman's breast. ∎ a part of a woman's dress cove… dowdy , dowdy •body, embody, Irrawaddy, Kirkcaldy, noddy, Passamaquoddy, shoddy, Soddy, squaddie, toddy, wadi •secondi, spondee, tondi •anybody • everybody •… Dress , Dress
In the Bible
The biblical terms for clothing (Heb. בֶּגֶד, beged; כְּסוּת, kesut; לְבוּשׁ, levush) and the corresponding verbs are employed in… Pasqueflower , pasque-flower species of anemone. XVI. orig. passeflower — F. passe-fleur, f. passer PASS2 + fleur FLOWER; alt. to pasque-flower (XVI) after pasque E… actinomorphic , ac·tin·o·mor·phic / ˌaktənōˈmôrfik/ • adj. Biol. characterized by radial symmetry, such as a starfish or the flower of a daisy. Compare with zygomorp…
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