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ABATTOIR (from abatire, to strike down)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 8 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ABATTOIR (from abatire, to strike down)

ABATTOIR (from abatire, to strike down) , a See also:

French word often employed in See also:

ENGLISH

English as an See also:

EQUIVALENT

equivalent of " slaughter-See also:

house" (q.v.), the See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place where animals intended for See also:

food are killed .

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