phenix
Americannoun
noun
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I already feel as though I were nine-tenths of the way to the abode of the phenix.
From Stories by English Authors: The Orient (Selected by Scribners) by Morley Roberts
Then let the Eastern world brag and be proud135 Of one coy phenix, while we have a brood, A brood of phenixes: while we have brother And sister-phenixes, and still the mother.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Richard Crashaw
President Interurban, Franklin," he wrote, "Consinor Westcote tag company, tags in it. o is in phenix and ph in sulfur and u in armordale.
From Mike Flannery On Duty and Off by Ellis Parker Butler
Here it is: “In the sky the phenix proudly flies, On the earth the lambkin tamely lies, At the table through an ancient book I wade, In the room I softly call the maid.”
From The Chinese Fairy Book by Richard Wilhelm
Of or pertaining to Arabia or its inhabitants. ÷ bird, the phenix.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
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