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  • 71crown — n 1. diadem, coronet, coronal, tiara; garland, chaplet, wreath, festoon, circlet, circle, ring, ringlet; adornment, ornamentation, decoration. 2. bay, laurel, palm, award, reward, prize, trophy, token, memento; kudos, praise, distinction, honor.… …

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  • 72garnish — v 1. adorn, decorate, ornament, trim, embellish, furbish, Archaic. dight; festoon, embroider, set off, rubricate, elaborate; deck, deck out, bedeck, bespangle, bedizen, array; trap out, caparison, dress, dress up, attire, accouter; beautify,… …

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  • 73garland — gar•land [[t]ˈgɑr lənd[/t]] n. 1) a wreath or festoon of flowers, leaves, or other material, worn for ornament or as an honor or hung on something as a decoration 2) a representation of such a wreath or festoon 3) a collection of short literary… …

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  • 74fair — English has two distinct words fair, one Germanic and the other Romance. The older, meaning ‘beautiful’ [OE], comes from a prehistoric Germanic *fagraz, which survives also in Swedish fager ‘beautiful’. It derived from a base *fag , which seems… …

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  • 75feast — [13] The notion of ‘eating’ is a secondary semantic development for feast, whose underlying meaning (as may be guessed from the related festival [14] and festivity [14]) has more to do with joyousness than with the appeasement of hunger. Its… …

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  • 76Tress — Tress, n. [OE. tresse, OF. trece, F. tresse, LL. tricia, fr. Gr. tri cha threefold, because a tress is usually formed by interlacing three pieces; akin to trei^s three. See {Three}.] 1. A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 77swag — I. verb (swagged; swagging) Etymology: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian svagga to sway, rock; akin to Middle Low German swacken to rock Date: 1530 intransitive verb 1. sway, lurch 2. sag, droop …

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  • 78Central Asia — Area 4,003,400 km2 (1,545,721 sq mi)[1] Population 61,551,945 …

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  • 79Viol — Not to be confused with Viola. Viol String instrument Other names Viola da gamba Hornbostel–Sachs classification 321.322 71 (Composite chordophone sounded by a bow) Developed Late 15th century from the vihuela …

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  • 80Spikemoss — Taxobox name = Spikemoss image width = 240px regnum = Plantae divisio = Lycopodiophyta classis = Selaginellopsida ordo = Selaginellales familia = Selaginellaceae genus = Selaginella subdivision ranks = Species subdivision = See text.Spikemoss… …

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