acus
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Origin of acus
From Latin
Example Sentences
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“When I went to Stella’s house, I said to her, I cannot believe this! You make an orange sponge cake, pan de Espanya, with agua de acus, orange blossom water.”
From Slate • Aug. 28, 2017
In 1835-1838 he published text-books on geometry and mechanics; and in 1842 he wrote his Disquisitiones de mutationibus quas patitur momentum acus magneticae, &c.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
LL. acucula for acicula, dim. of L. acus needle, pin?: cf.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
The shorter pipe-fish, stang, or sting, Sygnathus acus.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
Ovid says: "Devovet absentes, simulachraque cerea figit Et miserum tenues in jecur urget acus."
From Discovery of Witches The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster by Potts, Thomas, fl. 1612-1618
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