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1.
alōe(s
n.
Additional spellings:
aloes
23 quotations in 1 sense
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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)
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antē̆me
n.
24 quotations in 2 senses
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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
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chervel
n.
18 quotations in 2 senses
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Chervil
Anthriscus cerefolium
, used as a pot-herb and in medicaments.
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