ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD XYSTER
Via New Latin from Greek: tool for scraping, from xuein to scrape, make smooth.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «XYSTER»
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Xyster Framework is an open source application framework for developing PHP 5 applications. It extends from Zend Framework and requires a minimum PHP version of 5.3.0.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
“May the gods be praised,” said Divine Xyster. “It's a good omen.” I followed
Galan and the priest into Consort Vulpeja's chamber. They stood on either side of
her cot, gazing down. She looked from Sire Galan to Divine Xyster and back
again, ...
XYSTER To own such a name like xyster Is no small thing my friend, Its not part of
your moniker So let us flesh this out, I tell of what I do or don't, In mooted subtle
tones. A xyster could be no monster, A colour, nor a friend, An aide memoir I sure
...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of ...
... commenced actions of debt on the bond against William Xyster and the plaintiff
, and proceeded to judgment therein, and brought actions in ejectment to recover
possession of the mortgaged premises, and obtained judgment in such actions.
Great Britain. Court of Chancery, William Brown, Robert Henley Eden baron Henley, 1819
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The Painted Word: A Treasure Chest of Remarkable Words and ...
XYSTER. A bone-scraper or body oil scraper; a strigil or Greek curved skin-
scraper . You've seen this object in any museum of ancient Greek and Roman
sculpture. If you've ever gazed upon statues of the athletes of old and wondered
how the ...
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Concise English Dictionary
Davidson. xyster yashmak instrument consisting of a graduated series of wooden
bars, which are rested on straw, etc.. and are struck by wooden hammers: an
instrument used to measure the elastic properties of wood. — adj. xylophon'ic.
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Cupboard Love 2: A Dictionary of Culinary Curiosities
xanthan - xyster xanthan Xanthan is a gummy substance produced by a
bacterium that takes its full scientific name—xanthomonas, Greek for yellow one
—from the colour of the mould it produces. Xanthan has two uses: in the food
industry it is ...
Divine Xyster said, “Sire, there is something that will loosen her tongue and leave
her without a bruise to which Galan might object.” “What? Do you propose to get
her drunk?” “In a manner of speaking. We can give her the black drink.” “But it ...
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Xyster Lacepede, V, 484, i803; type Xyster fuscus Lacepede. Equivalent to
Kyphosus. Monotypic. Cyprinodon Lacepede, V, 486, i803; type Cyprinodon
variegatus Lacepede. Monotypic. Muraenophis Lacepede, V, 627, i803 ; type Mur
^ena ...
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «XYSTER»
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xyster is used in the context of the following news items.
Column: More fun with the dictionary and a pain in the neck
x-ray astronomy/xyster: This one's a challenge, as there are only two pages in the dictionary with "x" headings, the other being "xenon/x-ray." No tie-in here, ... «The Daily Courier, Jun 15»
8-mal iOS 8 – das müssen Sie ausprobieren
Da verwendet man auch weiterhin besser eine App wie Timelapse von Xyster.net (5 Franken im App Store). Sie lässt einen den Beschleunigungsfaktor wählen ... «Basler Zeitung, Sep 14»
Galileo, a robotic 360deg panhead for bluetooth iPhones
I've tried a number of apps, and TimeLapse by xyster.net is clearly the best. They frequently update the software and each time they do, it improves dramatically. «Boing Boing, May 14»
The Alphabetical, Week 1: Alabama, Again
Xyster. A surgeon's instrument for scraping bones would find very little left to remove after the skeleton of the Jeff Tedford era opened the new stadium at Cal with ... «SB Nation, Sep 12»
hack your camera to add time-lapse functionality
technabob says: November 25, 2010 at 10:30 am …or if you own an iPhone, you could just install one of these apps: http://www.xyster.net/timelapse/ «Technabob, Nov 10»
Linguistic Revenge: An Alexander Theroux Primer
Rasp her around the neck with a xyster!” — demand another chapter of their own. In Isabel, we have the introduction of a type of huge importance to Theroux's ... «The Millions, Jun 10»
Matt Weinstock, March 5, 1960
... exceed frail gross hard income joints knots linger, magnifying need of Phrygian-quaint reveling, squared to Uncle's viewpoint, where Xyster yearly zings. «Los Angeles Times, Mar 10»
