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* '''absent''' | * '''absent''' | ||
| − | * ''''' | + | * '''santi:''' (''Italian'') saints |
* '''zenith:''' the point in the heavens directly above the observer and diametrically opposite to the nadir → [[nabir]] | * '''zenith:''' the point in the heavens directly above the observer and diametrically opposite to the nadir → [[nabir]] | ||
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** ''[[Ulysses]]'' 042.25, 043.02, 043.10, 404.02, 405.26, 549.27 | ** ''[[Ulysses]]'' 042.25, 043.02, 043.10, 404.02, 405.26, 549.27 | ||
| − | * ''''' | + | * '''wabi:''' (''Arabic'') infected |
* '''wab:''' northern form of ''web'' (OED) → the legend that Mohammed once hid from his enemies in a cave; as he slept a spider spun its web across the entrance, leading the Prophet's enemies to believe that no one had entered the cave for days (James Atherton, ''Books at the Wake'' p.207) | * '''wab:''' northern form of ''web'' (OED) → the legend that Mohammed once hid from his enemies in a cave; as he slept a spider spun its web across the entrance, leading the Prophet's enemies to believe that no one had entered the cave for days (James Atherton, ''Books at the Wake'' p.207) | ||
Revision as of 10:47, 30 November 2006
- absent
- santi: (Italian) saints
- zenith: the point in the heavens directly above the observer and diametrically opposite to the nadir → nabir
- absinthe: a bitter, green liqueur containing extract of wormwood
- Ulysses 042.25, 043.02, 043.10, 404.02, 405.26, 549.27
- wabi: (Arabic) infected
- wab: northern form of web (OED) → the legend that Mohammed once hid from his enemies in a cave; as he slept a spider spun its web across the entrance, leading the Prophet's enemies to believe that no one had entered the cave for days (James Atherton, Books at the Wake p.207)
