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Aqʹuiline (3 syl.)

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Raymond’s matchless steed, bred on the banks of the Tagus. (Georgics, iii. 271–277; and Tasso, Jerusalem Delivered, book vii.) (See Horse.)

 

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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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Apron-string Tenure (An)
A propos de bottes (French)
Aqua Regia [royal water]
Aqua Tofana or Acqua Tofanĭca
Aqua Vitæ [water of life]
Aquarians
Aquarius [the water-bearer]
Aqueous Rocks
Aquilant (in Orlando Furioso)
Aquiline
Aquinian Sage (The)
Arabesque [Arrabesk]
Arabian Bird (The)
Arabian Nights (The)
Arabians
Arabic Figures
Arabs
Arachnē’s Labours
Araf, Al [the partition]
Araspes (in Jerusalem Delivered)