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terms for ****a in
classical Latin were
stercus (gen. stercoris), 'manure' and
fimum or fimus, 'filth'.
Stercus was used
frequently in the Vulgate, as...
- the
manuring of the fields. The name
Sterquilinus comes from the
Latin stercus meaning "fertilizer" or "manure". His name was
altered to
avoid confusion...
- is the
mineral form of
microcosmic salt. The name
comes from the
Latin "
stercus",
meaning dung,
since the
mineral was
originally discovered among guano...
-
Album græ****, or
stercus canis officinale, is the dung of dogs or
hyenas that has
become white through exposure to air. It is used in
dressing leather...
- Dice
chess can
refer to a
number of
chess variants in
which dice are used to
alter gameplay;
specifically that the
moves available to each
player are determined...
- for the eyes, also used as a cosmetic,
known as cordylea,
crocodilea or
stercus lacerti (i.e. 'lizard ****'), the
faeces being imported to
European pharmacies...
- skuas. The
genus contains seven species: The word stercorārius is from
stercus ("dung"),
which is also the
etymon of stercoranism, stercobilin, stercoral...
- Earl of Leicester,
which angered Elizabeth. It was a
coded attack on the
stercus or
excrement that was
poisoning society with
torture and state-sponsored...
- Sterces,
referred to his
agricultural functions;(1.7.25) this
derives from
stercus, "dung" or "manure",
referring to re‑emergence from
death to life. Farming...
- + manteía, 'prophecy') stercomancy: by
seeds in bird
excrement (Latin
stercus, 'excrement' + Gr**** manteía, 'prophecy') sternomancy: by
ridges on the...
