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Lemster Ore

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Fine wool, of which Leominster carpets are made.

“A bank of moss,

Spongy and swelling, and far more

Soft, than the finest Lemster ore.”


Herrick: Oberon’s Palace.

 

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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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Leigh (Aurora) (pron. Lee)
Leilah [Li-lah]
Lely (Sir Peter)
Leman (Lake)
Lemnian Deed (A)
Lemnian Earth
Lemnian Women (The)
Lemnos
Lemon Soles
Lemster Ore
Lemures
Lend a Hand
Length (A)
Length-month
Lens (Latin, a lentil or bean)
Lenson
Lent (Anglo-Saxon, lencten)
Lent Lily (The)
Lenten
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