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Cosʹmiel (3 syl.)

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The genius of the world. He gave Theodidacʹtus a boat of asbestos, in which he sailed to the sun and planets. (Kircher: Ecstatic Journey to Heaven.)

 

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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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