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1.
A white trivalent metallic element; sometimes classified in the rare earth group; occurs in the Scandinavian mineral thortveitite.  Synonyms: atomic number 21, scandium.
2.
A state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies.  Synonyms: Palmetto State, South Carolina.
3.
A permanent council of the United Nations; responsible for preserving world peace.  Synonym: Security Council.






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... m., he who has his position at the shoulder (sc. of his lord), trusty courtier, counsellor of a prince: nom. sg. ...
— Beowulf • James A. Harrison and Robert Sharp, eds.

... inter Scaevolas persimilis habitu SC. REINWARDTII de Vriese in LEHM. PL. PREISS. videtur esse suffruticosa. Caulis est teres. Folia sunt alterna, fere 7 cent. longa et 11/2 cent. lata, petiolata, petiolo ad insertionem quodammodo crassiore, ...
— Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia • Thomas Mitchell

... reliquiis animalium exoticorum per Asiam borealem repertis complementum (Novi commentarii Acad. Sc. Petropolitanae, XVII. pro anno 1772, p. 576), and Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs, Th. III. St. Petersburg, ...
— The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II • A.E. Nordenskieold

... cannot cog, and say thou art this and that, like a many of these lisping hawthorn-buds, that come like women in men's apparel, and smell like Bucklersbury in simple-time; I cannot; but I love thee, none but thee, and thou deservedst it." (Merry Wives of Windsor, act iii. sc. 3.) ...
— Old and New London - Volume I • Walter Thornbury

... in book or newspaper I come upon references to Isaiah lxi. 1-3, or Shakespeare, K. Henry IV., Pt. ii., Act 4, Sc. 5, l. 163, or the like, I have to drop my reading at once and hunt them up. So I hope that these references of Mr. Bridges will induce the reader to take his Keats down from the shelf. And I hope further that, ...
— From a Cornish Window - A New Edition • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch


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