10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMBSACE»
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CHAPTER. I. IN. WHICH. I. THROW. AMBSACE. THE work of the day being over,
I sat down upon my doorstep, pipe in hand, to rest awhile in the cool of the
evening. Death is not more still than is this Virginian landinthehour when ...
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Grammatically Correct: The Essential Guide to Spelling, ...
'Yes,' said his lordship abruptly. 'Ambsace.' 'I beg your lordship's pardon?' '
Ambsace. Wordof seven letters. Meaning two. With Sin the middle. Twoaces.
Ambsace.' Bunter's expression became beautified. 'Undoubtedly correct,' he said,
pulling ...
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The works of the most reverend father in god, Jahn Bramhall ...
The casting of the dice is free, but the casting of ambs-ace is contingent: a man
may deliberate whether he will cast the dice or not, but it were folly to deliberate
whether he will cast ambsace or not, because it is not in his power, unless he be
a ...
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A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish ...
See *ambhi in App. Akin to Sp. ambuesta, E. ambsace.] ambón m. ambo, one of
the two raised stands in early Christian churches. [ML. ambō: id. <LGk. ambōn:
pulpit <Gk. ambōn: raised edge. OU.] ambos a. & pron. pl. both. [L. ambō: id.
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Gargantua and Pantagruel:
He toldusthat twenty chancedevils very much fearedinour country dwelt therein
sixdifferent storeys, andthat thebiggest twins or braces of them were called sixes,
andthe smallest ambsace; the rest cinques, quatres, treys, and deuces.
François Rabelais & Burton Raffel, 2014
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Gargantua and His Son Pantagruel
them were called sixes, and the smallest ambsace; the rest cinques, quatres,
treys, and deuces. When they were conjured up, otherwise coupled, they were
called either sice cinque, sice quatre, sice trey, sice deuce, and siceace; orcinque
...
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Gargantua and Pantagruel: Five Books of the Lives, Heroic ...
He told us that twenty chance devils very much feared in our country dwelt there
in six different storeys, and that the biggest twins or braces of them were called
sixes, and the smallest ambsace; the rest cinques, quatres, treys, and deuces.
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QPB encyclopedia of word and phrase origins
Originally the expression was within ambsace of, "ambsace" being a
mispronunciation of the Old French for the lowest possible throw in dice —
ambes as ("both aces"). But by the 17th century "ambsace" was further corrupted
to "an ace" and ...
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Lord Peter Views the Body
'Yes,' said his lordship abruptly; 'Ambsace.' 'I beg your lordship's pardon?' '
Ambsace. Word of seven letters. Meaning two. With S in the middle. Two aces.
Ambsace.' Bunter's expression became beatified. 'Undoubtedly correct,' he said,
pulling ...
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The Dawson Pedigree and Lord Peter Views the Body
Ambsace. Word of seven letters. Meaning two. With S in the middle. Two aces.
Ambsace." Bunter's expression became beatified. " Undoubtedly correct," he said
, pulling a small sheet of paper from his pocket, and entering the word upon it in ...
Dorothy Leigh Sayers, 1938
