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... called Medoc ; but many sorts are capable of competing with some qualities of Bordeaux and Burgundies . Of the white wine more than half grows in the plains of the country , and it is in consequence of this that the ( lowland ) half is ...
... called the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers . ' The question as to the animal denoted by the behemoth of the Book of Job has been as much discussed as the former word . Some critics have suggested the elephant ; others ...
... called a ' whale ; ' but the Greek Kтos is not to be restricted to such a meaning : it is used in classical authors in a wide sense to denote either a ' seal , ' or a ' tunny , ' or a ' whale ; ' in fact , almost any large marine ...
... called in Hebrew Koph , a word without an etymology in the Semitic languages , but nearly identical in sound with the Sanscrit name of ape , Kapi . ' Ivory is called either Karnoth - shen , horns of tooth ; or shen - habbim . This ...
... called by this name in our own country , but the Ficus sycamorus , with leaves something resembling those of the mulberry , and with fruit like a fig , which grows in clusters on the trunk and large branches . In order to render the ...