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1. angle n.(2)

36 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A recess, nook, corner (of a building); angle hole an opening or niche in a wall; fig. angle of wrecchednesse [?cp. sense 4]; (b) a section (of a city, a country, etc.), esp. an outlying region or…

2. figūre n.

127 quotations in 12 senses
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Shape, form, appearance: (a) visible or tangible shape or form; general appearance; bodili figure, figure of this world; of the face: expression; (b) of a living being: bodily form, appearance (often…

3. prō̆posiciǒun n.

31 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A statement offered for consideration or as a basis for argument; statement forming part of a logical argument; a principle; (b) geom. a theorem; (c) a disquisition; logical argument; also, a part…

4. spẹ̄re n.(3)

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(a) The cosmos, composed of hollow concentric revolving spheres surrounding the earth; spere of the firmament; (b) the outermost sphere of the cosmos, the primum mobile, regulating the motion of the…

5. superfice n.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The outer surface or exterior of the body; (b) geom. a plane surface having dimensions of length and width only, superficies; in the superfice of, very close to (sth.).

6. superficīe n.

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(a) An outer surface or exterior; also [quot. c1475], ?the surface of a wound; ?the ends (of veins or arteries); (b) geom. a plane surface having dimensions of length and width only, superficies; in