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99381 Etymology dictionary, p. Nemean (adj.).2
… his 12 labors. The Nemean Games were one of the four great national festivals of the ancient Greeks. The victor's garland was made of parsley.
99382 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 …
99383 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 …
99384 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 …
99385 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 …
99386 Etymology dictionary, p. possession (n.).3
… (or 12). With eleven from 1640s; with nine from 1690s.
99387 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 …
99388 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 …
99389 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.
99390 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 …
99391 Etymology dictionary, p. sachem (n.).2
… the 12 high officials of the Tammany Society.
99392 Etymology dictionary, p. semidiurnal (adj.).2
… every 12 hours."
99393 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 …
99394 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 …
99395 Etymology dictionary, p. sign (n.).4
… the 12 divisions of the zodiac, from mid-14c.
99396 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 …
99397 Etymology dictionary, p. thirteen (adj., n.).3
… floor "12-A," etc.) have developed since 1890.
99398 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 .
99399 Etymology dictionary, p. troy.2
… into 12 ounces.
99400 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 …