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  • 41Éxécution par éléphant — Exécution par éléphant Relation ou Voyage de l Isle de Ceylan, dans les Indes Orientales, Robert Knox, 1693 L exécution par éléphant consiste à faire tuer une personne par écrasement sous une patte d éléphant. Depuis des centaines d’années,… …

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  • 42Homologous — Ho*mol o*gous, a. [Gr. ? assenting, agreeing; ? the same + ? speech, discourse, proportion, ? to say, speak.] Having the same relative position, proportion, value, or structure. Especially: (a) (Geom.) Corresponding in relative position and… …

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  • 43Homologous stimulus — Homologous Ho*mol o*gous, a. [Gr. ? assenting, agreeing; ? the same + ? speech, discourse, proportion, ? to say, speak.] Having the same relative position, proportion, value, or structure. Especially: (a) (Geom.) Corresponding in relative… …

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  • 44Manus — Ma nus, n.; pl. {Manus}. [L., the hand.] (Anat.) The distal segment of the fore limb, including the carpus and fore foot or hand. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 45Manus — Ma nus, n.; pl. {Manus}. [L., the hand.] (Anat.) The distal segment of the fore limb, including the carpus and fore foot or hand. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 46bow — I. v. a. 1. Bend, inflect, crook, incurvate, curve, make crooked. 2. Incline, turn downward, bend, bend down, droop, drop. 3. Depress, sink, cast down, bring down, crush, subdue. 4. Attend with bows, conduct with bows, express by bows. II. v. n.… …

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  • 47Overreach — O ver*reach ([=o] v[ e]r*r[=e]ch ), n. The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; said of horses. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 48Trot — Trot, n. [F. See {Trot}, v. i.] 1. The pace of a horse or other quadruped, more rapid than a walk, but of various degrees of swiftness, in which one fore foot and the hind foot of the opposite side are lifted at the same time. The limbs move… …

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  • 49forefoot — /fawr foot , fohr /, n., pl. forefeet. 1. Zool. one of the front feet of a quadruped, an insect, etc. 2. Naut. a. the point at which the stem of a hull joins the keel; the forward end of a keel. b. a curved member at this point in a wooden hull.… …

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  • 50overreach — 1. noun a) The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; said of horses. But, you know, Im sympathetic to folks who looked at it and said, This is looking like potential overreach. b) The act of extending or… …

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