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
Two species are figured; the upper figure appears to represent Siphonostoma typhle, and the lower one S. acus.
From Notes and Letters on the Natural History of Norfolk More Especially on the Birds and Fishes by Browne, Thomas, Sir
LL. acucula for acicula, dim. of L. acus needle, pin?: cf.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
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
Si quis in aulaeis pictas animatus in iras Stat leo, quem docta cuspide lusit acus, Hostis, io, est; neque enim ille alium dignabitur hostem;15 Nempe decet tantas non minor ira manus.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
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