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... Terms for a tael . In China the string of 1000 cash , nominally of value of 1 tael , now called a t'iao , was in the ... term noted as used in Cochin - China . H.B.M. p . 78 , n . I " Palma de Matto or Wild Palme . " My impression is ...
... Terms for a tael . In China the string of 1000 cash , nominally of value of 1 tael , now called a t'iao , was in the ... term noted as used in Cochin - China . H.B.M. p . 78 , n . I " Palma de Matto or Wild Palme . " My impression is ...
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... term " stove " to describe a German Stube , which is a room or chamber heated with a furnace , and he uses it further for the inner or best room , calling it the parlour ( Ger . Besuchzimmer ) and the outer room the " halle " as in ...
... term " stove " to describe a German Stube , which is a room or chamber heated with a furnace , and he uses it further for the inner or best room , calling it the parlour ( Ger . Besuchzimmer ) and the outer room the " halle " as in ...
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... term tadibea , a devil - scarer , a shāman , for the " devil " that the shaman was employed to scare away - a not uncommon mistake . 4 These terms mean earth , star : yangyly means under the earth , subterranean ( unterirdisch ) . But ...
... term tadibea , a devil - scarer , a shāman , for the " devil " that the shaman was employed to scare away - a not uncommon mistake . 4 These terms mean earth , star : yangyly means under the earth , subterranean ( unterirdisch ) . But ...
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