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Mauri-gasima

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An island near Formoʹsa, said to have been sunk in the sea in consequence of the great crimes of it inhabitants. (Kempfer.)

 

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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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