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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 459 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ALA . (from

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LAT

Lat. ala, a wing), a word used technically by

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ANALOGY (Gr. avaXo-yLa, proportion)

analogy with its meaning of " wing." In

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PHYSIOLOGY (from Gr. 4 i s, nature, and koyos, discourse)

physiology, it means any wing-like

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PROCESS

process, such as one of the lateral cartilages of the

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NOSE (O.Eng. nosu, cf. Dutch neus, Swed. nos, snout; the Aix in Provence. Both at Aix and at Lyons he acquired great connexion with O.Eng. nasu is obscure, cf. Ger. Nase, Lat. pares, distinction by his labours during outbreaks of the plague. In nostrils,

nose . In

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BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany, one of the

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side petals of a papilionaceous corolla, &c . In

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ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, a side apartment or

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RECESS (Lat. recessus, a going back, withdrawal, from recedere, to withdraw)

recess of a

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ROMAN

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house (the origin of "

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AISLE (from Lat. ala, a wing)

aisle ") .

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