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95881 Etymology dictionary, p. noon (n.).2
… use, "12 o'clock p.m.," also "midday meal," from Old English non "3 o'clock p.m., the ninth hour from sunrise," also "the canonical hour of nones," from Latin nona hora "ninth …
95882 Etymology dictionary, p. noon (n.).3
… ." to "12 p.m." began during 12c., and various reasons are given for it, such as unreliability of medieval time-keeping devices and the seasonal elasticity of the …
95883 Etymology dictionary, p. pica (n.1).2
… inch" (12 point), 1580s, probably from pica, the name of a book of rules in the Church of England for determining holy days (late 15c. in Anglo-Latin). This is probably …
95884 Etymology dictionary, p. pooch (n.).2
… May 12 Buffalo Courier reports: " 'Pooch' is the Alaskan name for whisky, and although the dog is not addicted to the use of this stimulant, he is a genuine Eskimo …
95885 Etymology dictionary, p. possession (n.).3
… (or 12). With eleven from 1640s; with nine from 1690s.
95886 Etymology dictionary, p. poulter (n.).2
… of 12 and 14 syllables (an Alexandrine and a fourteener), is said to be so called for suggesting "the poulter's old practice of giving an extra egg with the second …
95887 Etymology dictionary, p. pound (n.1).4
… pound (12 ounces), the merchant's pound (15), the avoirdupois (16), the Troy (12); the 16-ounce pound was established before late 14c. Pound cake (1747) is so called because …
95888 Etymology dictionary, p. quarter (n.1).3
… a 12-hour night" (late 14c.), and the quarter of the night meant "nine o'clock p.m." (early 14c.). As a period of time in a football game, from 1911.
95889 Etymology dictionary, p. real (n.).3
… or 12 and a half cents was a ninepence in New England, one shilling in New York, elevenpence or a levy in Pennsylvania, "and in many of the Southern States, a bit …
95890 Etymology dictionary, p. sachem (n.).2
… the 12 high officials of the Tammany Society.
95891 Etymology dictionary, p. semidiurnal (adj.).2
… every 12 hours."
95892 Etymology dictionary, p. shewbread (n.).2
… , the 12 loaves placed every Sabbath "before the Lord" on a table beside the altar of incense, from lechem "bread" + panim "face, presence." Old English translations …
95893 Etymology dictionary, p. shilling (n.).2
… , commonly 12 pennies to a shilling, 20 shillings to a pound), from Proto-Germanic *skillingoz- (source also of Old Saxon, Danish, Swedish, Old Frisian, Old High German …
95894 Etymology dictionary, p. sign (n.).4
… the 12 divisions of the zodiac, from mid-14c.
95895 Etymology dictionary, p. Tammany.3
… , May 12 New Style) which was celebrated with festivities that raised money for charity, hence the easy transfer of the name to what was, at first, a benevolent …
95896 Etymology dictionary, p. thirteen (adj., n.).3
… floor "12-A," etc.) have developed since 1890.
95897 Etymology dictionary, p. trillion.2
… by 12 zeroes); in Great Britain, the third power of a million (one million billion, 1 followed by 18 zeroes), which is the original sense. Compare billion .
95898 Etymology dictionary, p. troy.2
… into 12 ounces.
95899 Etymology dictionary, p. tween (prep.).2
… to 12), attested by 1988, in this case by influence of teen (n.1). Tolkien uses it in "Lord of the Rings" for "the irresponsible twenties between [Hobbit] childhood and …
95900 Etymology dictionary, p. -ty (1).3
… base-12 number system. The most obvious instance is eleven and twelve which ought to be the first two numbers of the "teens" series. Their Old English forms, enleofan …