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Emmet

contracted into Ant: thus, Emʹt, ent, ant (Anglo-Saxon, œmete).

“A bracelet made of emmetsʹ eyes.”


Drayton: Court of Fairies.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Embryo
Emelye
Emerald Isle
Emeralds
Emergency
Emergency Man (An)
Emeute (French)
Emile
Emilia (in Shakespeare’s Othello)
Emilie (The divine)
Emmet
Emne
Emolument
Emotion
Empanel
Empannel
Empedoclēs
Emperor
Emperor of Believers
Emperor of the Mountains
Empire City (The)