- Mar 2021
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luncheon
Translation - (intransitive) to take luncheon, to lunch. https://www-oed-com.proxymu.wrlc.org/search?searchType=dictionary&q=luncheon&_searchBtn=Search
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poplar
Translation - Any of various deciduous, tall and fast-growing, sometimes narrowly erect, trees constituting the genus https://www-oed-com.proxymu.wrlc.org/view/Entry/147845?redirectedFrom=poplar#eid
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Voila
Translation - With complement: there is, are, etc. Standing alone: there it is! there you are! lo! voilà tout /tu/ [= all] , that is all, there is nothing more to do or say.
https://www-oed-com.proxymu.wrlc.org/view/Entry/224360?redirectedFrom=voila+#eid
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Voici!
Translation - With complement: here is, are, etc. Without complement: here it is! https://www-oed-com.proxymu.wrlc.org/view/Entry/270904?redirectedFrom=voici#eid
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ſilk
"Silk" is a strong, soft, lustrous type of fabric. Silk is produced by certain spiders and larvae.
https://www-oed-com.proxymu.wrlc.org/view/Entry/179711?redirectedFrom=silk+bag#eid22848535
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articles
"Articles" is referring to separate summaries of faith. This could be statements or clauses from Apostles' Creed.
https://www-oed-com.proxymu.wrlc.org/view/Entry/11179?rskey=RA6QE7&result=1&isAdvanced=false#eid
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genealogy
Translation - An account of one's descent from an ancestor or ancestors, by enumeration of the intermediate persons; a pedigree. https://www-oed-com.proxymu.wrlc.org/view/Entry/77484?redirectedFrom=genealogy#eid
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coquette
Translation - A woman (more or less young), who uses arts to gain the admiration and affection of men, merely for the gratification of vanity or from a desire of conquest, and without any intention of responding to the feelings aroused; a woman who habitually trifles with the affections of men; a flirt.
https://www-oed-com.proxymu.wrlc.org/view/Entry/41329?rskey=DvqQxe&result=2&isAdvanced=false#eid
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lanthorn
Translation - A transparent case This could a be lantern. Something that gives light in a transparent way. https://www-oed-com.proxymu.wrlc.org/view/Entry/105662?rskey=YyS4mH&result=1&isAdvanced=false#eid
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jollity
Translation - The quality or condition of being jolly, light-hearted, or festive; exuberant mirth or cheerfulness; †levity, giddiness (obsolete). https://www-oed-com.proxymu.wrlc.org/view/Entry/101607?redirectedFrom=jollity#eid
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salique
Translation - the alleged fundamental law of the French monarchy, by which females were excluded from succession to the crown https://www-oed-com.proxymu.wrlc.org/view/Entry/169984?redirectedFrom=salique#eid
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CASTALIA
Translation - Proper name of a spring on Mount Parnassus, sacred to the Muses
https://www-oed-com.proxymu.wrlc.org/view/Entry/28536?redirectedFrom=CASTALIA#eid
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sanctuary
A building or place set apart for the worship of God or of one or more divinities: applied, e.g., to a Christian church, the Jewish temple and the Mosaic tabernacle, a heathen temple or site of local worship. https://www-oed-com.proxymu.wrlc.org/view/Entry/170516?rskey=iOC3UP&result=1&isAdvanced=false#eid
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flambeau
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- Feb 2021
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nutiae
Translation - precise details; small or trivial matters or points
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sous
Translation - A French coin, formerly the twentieth part of a livre, subsequently used to designate the five-centime piece.
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