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  • 51Dongola — Don go*la, n. 1. A government of Upper Egypt. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. same as {Dongola kid}. {Dongola kid}, {D. leather}, leather made by the Dongola process. {Dongola process}, a process of tanning goatskin, and now also calfskin and sheepskin …

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  • 52Dongola kid — Dongola Don go*la, n. 1. A government of Upper Egypt. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. same as {Dongola kid}. {Dongola kid}, {D. leather}, leather made by the Dongola process. {Dongola process}, a process of tanning goatskin, and now also calfskin and… …

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  • 53Dongola process — Dongola Don go*la, n. 1. A government of Upper Egypt. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. same as {Dongola kid}. {Dongola kid}, {D. leather}, leather made by the Dongola process. {Dongola process}, a process of tanning goatskin, and now also calfskin and… …

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  • 54Dongola race — Dongola Don go*la, n. 1. A government of Upper Egypt. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. same as {Dongola kid}. {Dongola kid}, {D. leather}, leather made by the Dongola process. {Dongola process}, a process of tanning goatskin, and now also calfskin and… …

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  • 55Morocco — Mo*roc co, n. [Named from Morocco, the country. Cf. {Morris} the dance.] A fine kind of leather, prepared commonly from goatskin (though an inferior kind is made of sheepskin), and tanned with sumac and dyed of various colors; said to have been… …

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  • 56aegis — also egis noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek aigis, literally, goatskin, from aig , aix goat; akin to Armenian ayc goat Date: 1581 1. a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena 2 …

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  • 57kid leather — noun Date: 1687 1. a soft pliable leather made from kidskin 2. a glove leather made from lambskin or goatskin …

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  • 58morocco — noun Etymology: Morocco, Africa Date: 1634 a fine leather from goatskin tanned with sumac …

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  • 59Alexander Selkirk — Alexander Selkirk, born Alexander Selcraig (1676 ndash; 13 December 1721), was a Scottish sailor who spent four years as a castaway on an uninhabited island.It is probable that his travails provided the inspiration for Daniel Defoe s novel… …

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  • 60Archimedes — For other uses, see Archimedes (disambiguation). Archimedes of Syracuse (Greek: Ἀρχιμήδης) …

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