10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DROSSY»
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drossy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Labors Lost: Women's Work and the Early Modern English Stage
Boasting that she herself was “lightsome, and quick, two years before [she] was
married” (1.1.8–9), she reproves Moll for being “dull” and “drossy spirited” (l. 10).
Although ostensibly bragging about her lighthearted, cheerful, and animated ...
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London encyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary of science, ...
DROSOMELI, fyoropeXt, from tyotroc, dew, and psAc, honey ; manna. DROSS,
n.s.^i Sax. drof; Goth. drits; Belg. Dross'iness, ydroesj from ancient Teut.oVaw-
Drossy, adj. 3 sen, the exterior. The recrement of metals ; and hence, rust, refuse.
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Dictionnary of the English Language with Numerous ...
n.s. [from drossy.] Foul ness ; feculence ; rust. The furnace of affliction refines us
from earthly drossiness, and softens us for the impression of God's stamp. Boyle.
DRo'ssY.f adj. [from dross.] ' , Full of scorious or recrementitious parts ; full of ...
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Philosophical Transactions and Collections: Abridged and ...
Drossy mistaken for Gravidation, III. 139. Observations on a Woman who died of '
a Drossy after the Paracentests, III. 144. The true Cause of the Drossy. 111. 141.
The Cure of it, 111. 143. A Dropsy in oncof theOvaries of a Woman, III. 107.
Royal Society (Great Britain), 1749
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The London encyclopaedia: or, Universal dictionary of ...
DROSOMELI, £po*o/icXi, from Spoaoc, dew, and fU\i, honev; manna. DROSS,
n.s. ) Sax. drof; Goth, drits; Belg. Dross'iness, > droest from ancient Teut. draus-
Drossy, adj. j sen, the 'exterior. The recrement of metals ; and hence, rust, refuse.
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Tropologia: A Key to Open Scripture Metaphors, in Four Books ...
And Christ, by refining and putting the whole Church into the furnace, separates
the gold, the sincere Christians from the drossy hypocrites. PARALLEL. VIII.
Christ, to refine and thoroughly purge and purify his church and the hearts of
believers ...
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GTropología: a key to open Scripture metaphors [by B. Keach ...
This similitude is taken from Refiners, who in crucibles molt their metal, and
separate the drossy parts from that which is pure : so Christ, by a divine heat and
warmth, refines and purifies the graces he bestows on believers, consuming the ...
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A Manual of English Gujarati Dictionary
... O n. Wnnt of rain or of water: MliaJWl Gv-tt-'!^. 2. Thirst; want of drink: ctty. 3.
Scarcity; lack: J4i«; rt'sfl. Drove, (^.1%) "• A collection of cattle driven: Jttjj' 2ig'.2. A
crowd of people in motion: au«<ti Si'Sli' Sia'; *'**. 8. A road for driving cattle: Ji< ...
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Examen de ingenios; or, The tryal of wits: Discovering the ...
Let us feign, said he, to serve us for an Instance, that Nature had put into mens
Souls a piece of Wax, in one greater, in the other less ; in one purer and finer
Wax, and in the other more course aiid drossy ; in one harder, and difficulter to ...
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Farriery improv'd: or, a compleat treatise upon the art of ...
Of the Drossy in Horsts. MR. Gibson says, that all our English Authors, and fome
Italians, have enumerated a Drossy among the Diseases of Horses; but I find Mr.
Gibson has not thought Sir William Hope's Book, a third Edition of which was ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DROSSY»
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drossy is used in the context of the following news items.
BGT? More like FML
Not to mention The Voice, Fame Academy, Pop Idol and all the other drossy replicas. Instead, perhaps it would be easier to note a couple of the ... «The Galleon, Jun 15»
Many feathers in her hat
It denotes the ability to separate the valuable from the drossy. “There is a detailed description of the flamingo — called poo naarai — in the ... «The Hindu, Apr 15»
Jack Kerouac Wrote 'On The Road' in Three Weeks. It Shows.
... think it is: a well0tuned book with a catapult's motion), there are passages in almost all the others that lift from their drossy beds by natural art. «The New Republic, Mar 14»
Altuzarra autumn/winter 2014 at New York Fashion Week
After a drossy Friday and Saturday morning, where the highlight was a desperate streaker, Joseph Altuzarra's collection of double face ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 14»
A tongue in cheek view of racism and Kenya's bid to fight ICC cases
True, certain of the more rabidly racist of Kenya's drossy settlers – those who couldn't brook the idea of a 'black' President, Kenyatta, and who ... «The Standard Digital News, Dec 13»
AUN: Adamawa Peace Council advocates information centers
The Director of Student Activities & Involvement, Mr. drossy Spencer, told spectators that night that he was inspired to do something new at AUN ... «WorldStage, Feb 12»
Greater Kashmir / Freeze FRAME By Syeda Afshana
Humans, of course, can't be angels but let them not turn beasts, running amuck to fulfill their senseless whims and oblige their drossy impulses. Let we humans ... «GreaterKashmir.com, Nov 11»
Film Review: Friends with Benefits
Witty banter and an excellent cast raise this film above many of the other drossy rom-coms that plague the silver screen. I've always been a fan ... «Stuff.co.nz, Sep 11»
Belmont Stakes not too hot for longshot entry Drosselmeyer in weak …
But since the Derby and Preakness winners were passing on the Belmont, the owners went back to good old Drossy. They knew the Belmont's ... «New York Daily News, Jun 10»
Dance music: let's get pretentious
And as with pop music the drossy electronic counterparts of the James Blunts and Girls Alouds of this world hog the limelight. But much of the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 09»
