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1. alōe(s n.

Additional spellings: aloes
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Aloe: (a) the tree; (b) the juice or resin of the tree, aloes; (c) med. the drug aloes; aloe caballinum (cicotrine, epatik).

2. antē̆me n.

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A musical composition based upon a scriptural text, sung in the Church Offices before each psalm and often repeated after the psalm, or after each verse of the psalm [see Karl Young, The Drama of the

3. chervel n.

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Chervil Anthriscus cerefolium, used as a pot-herb and in medicaments.

4. malencolī(e n.

Additional spellings: malencolie
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(a) One of the four humors, black bile; a bodily fluid which helps to form and nourish the body; -- not pathological unless present in excessive amounts; also, an altered form of black bile [see (b)]…

5. my n.

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Mu, the twelfth letter of the Greek alphabet.

6. pent-angel n.

Additional spellings: pentangel
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The representation of a five-pointed star, a pentagram.

7. penta-olif n.

Additional spellings: pentaolif
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?An unguent of five ingredients including olive oil.

8. rīnocephales n. plural

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Fire-breathing monsters.

9. scī̆asis n.

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The disease sciatica.

10. sinatigen n.

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A form of the figure synecdoche, where the accusative of respect refers to a part of the body standing for the whole.