five-faced bishop

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noun

British another name for moschatel

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five-a-side, five-by-five, Five Civilized Nations, five-eighth, Five-Elements School, five-faced bishop, five-finger, fivefold, five-gaited, five hole, five hundred

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I presume the twenty-five or thirty miles at this end is unhealthy, even for natives, but it surely need not be so.
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I pictured him as slim and young looking, smooth-faced, with golden curly hair, and big brown eyes.
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Five of the number had studied with Liszt before, and the young men are artists already before the public.
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Before daybreak we had ridden five and twenty miles, but had been compelled to abandon two more guns.
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These Rules (leaving out the Tenor) serves for five bells; and leaving out the fifth and Tenor, they serve for four bells.
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