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East :: East (n.) The eastern parts of the earth; the regions or countries which lie east of Europe; the orient. In this indefinite sense, the word is applied to Asia Minor, Syria, Chaldea, Persia, India, China, etc.; as, the riches of the East; the diamonds and pearls of the East; the kings of the East..

Grisons :: Grisons (n. pl.) The largest and most eastern of the Swiss cantons.

Stepped :: Steppe (n.) One of the vast plains in Southeastern Europe and in Asia, generally elevated, and free from wood, analogous to many of the prairies in Western North America. See Savanna..

Scrutiny :: Scrutiny (n.) An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day..

Buffalo :: Buffalo (n.) A species of the genus Bos or Bubalus (B. bubalus), originally from India, but now found in most of the warmer countries of the eastern continent. It is larger and less docile than the common ox, and is fond of marshy places and rivers..

Easterly :: Easterly (a.) Situated, directed, or moving toward the east; as, the easterly side of a lake; an easterly course or voyage..

Easterly :: Easterly (adv.) Toward, or in the direction of, the east..

Easterling :: Easterling (n.) A piece of money coined in the east by Richard II. of England.

Reindeer :: Reindeer (n.) Any ruminant of the genus Rangifer, of the Deer family, found in the colder parts of both the Eastern and Western hemispheres, and having long irregularly branched antlers, with the brow tines palmate..

Bema :: Bema (n.) That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel.

Easterly :: Easterly (a.) Coming from the east; as, it was easterly wind..

House :: House (n.) A twelfth part of the heavens, as divided by six circles intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon, used by astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies, and casting horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, first house, or house of life, downward, or in the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and planets passing through them in

Imperial :: Imperial (n.) A kind of fine cloth brought into England from Greece. or other Eastern countries, in the Middle Ages..

Paque :: Paque (n.) See Pasch and Easter.

Sexagesima :: Sexagesima (n.) The second Sunday before Lent; -- so called as being about the sixtieth day before Easter.

Polynesian :: Polynesian (a.) Of or pertaining to Polynesia (the islands of the eastern and central Pacific), or to the Polynesians..

Elaeagnus :: Elaeagnus (n.) A genus of shrubs or small trees, having the foliage covered with small silvery scales; oleaster..

Eastern :: Eastern (a.) Situated or dwelling in the east; oriental; as, an eastern gate; Eastern countries..

Slav :: Slav (n.) One of a race of people occupying a large part of Eastern and Northern Europe, including the Russians, Bulgarians, Roumanians, Servo-Croats, Slovenes, Poles, Czechs, Wends or Sorbs, Slovaks, etc..

Quadragesima :: Quadragesima (n.) The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent.

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