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281 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HELLEBORE.1 (Noah Webster)
… hellebore, Christmas rose, or Christmas flower, of the genus Helleborus, and the white hellebore, of the genus Veratrum. Both are acrid and poisonous, and are …
282 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HOLYDAY.1 (Noah Webster)
… ; as christmas holydays.
283 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. NATIVITY.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Birth; the coming into life or the world. The feast of Christmas is observed in memory of Christs nativity.
284 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. NOWEL.1 (Noah Webster)
NOWEL, n. A shout of joy or christmas song.
285 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RAMBLE.8 (Noah Webster)
Coming home after a short Christmas ramble, I found a letter upon my table.
286 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TWELFTH-TIDE.1 (Noah Webster)
TWELFTH-TIDE, n. [twelfth and tide.] The twelfth day after christmas.
287 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. UNCOMFORTABLE.3 (Noah Webster)
Christmas - the most uncomfortable time of the year.
288 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. X.2 (Noah Webster)
… ; Xm. Christmas.
289 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. YULE.1 (Noah Webster)
YULE, n. The name anciently given to Christmas, or the feast of the nativity of our Savior.
290 His Messenger, p. 109.4 (Ruth Wheeler)
… before Christmas the weary travelers reached Waukon. The Sabbathkeepers there were greatly surprised. They had read in the Review of the meetings to be …
291 His Messenger, p. 122 (Ruth Wheeler)
Chapter 22—A Christmas Long to be Remembered
292 His Messenger, p. 126.5 (Ruth Wheeler)
As the meetings were held, one after another the young people gave their hearts to God. At a meeting on Christmas Day thirteen of the children and young men and women rose and expressed the desire to be followers of Christ.
293 His Messenger, p. 126.6 (Ruth Wheeler)
… bring Christmas presents for the family, Fred invited him into his room. There he made an earnest appeal to Orville to serve Christ. The boys knelt together …
294 His Messenger, p. 127.1 (Ruth Wheeler)
It was a Christmas long to be remembered, not only by those boys but by the whole church. Before the meetings closed eighteen young men and women and children asked to be baptized and to become members of the church.
295 Over My Shoulder, p. 26.5 (Ella May White Robinson)
… Mabel’s Christmas a small set of pewter dishes, and for Ella, some magnetized floating animals which will sail around in a dish of water, after the little metal …
296 Over My Shoulder, p. 28.8 (Ella May White Robinson)
… when Christmas came, it seemed funny enough to have [it] right in the middle of the summer.
297 Over My Shoulder, p. 33.6 (Ella May White Robinson)
… . On Christmas morning we were permitted to invite our playmates to share a candy-pull in our kitchen.
298 Over My Shoulder, p. 36.8 (Ella May White Robinson)
… for Christmas gifts. In order to encourage the community in a late-dinner, no-supper regimen, our midday recess was scheduled at one o’clock instead of at the …
299 Over My Shoulder, p. 37.7 (Ella May White Robinson)
… our Christmas stocking.
300 Over My Shoulder, p. 41.8 (Ella May White Robinson)
… . At Christmas time he presented each of us with a copy of Grandma’s new book, Steps to Christ, in which gilt-edged and gilt-lettered he had underlined his favorite …