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• ASS (O.E. assa; Lat. asinus)
• ASS, FEAST OF THE

ASS (O.E. assa; See also:

• LAT

Lat. asinus)  , a See also:

• COMMON

common name (the synonym " donkey " is supposed to be derived either by See also:

• ANALOGY (Gr. avaXo-yLa, proportion)

analogy from " See also:

• MONKEY

monkey," or from the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian name See also:

• DUNCAN
• DUNCAN, ADAM DUNCAN, 1ST VISCOUNT (1731-1804)
• DUNCAN, PETER MARTIN (1824-1891)
• DUNCAN, THOMAS (1807—1845)

Duncan; cf . Neddy, See also:

• JACK

Jack, Dicky, &c.) for different varieties of the sub-genus Asinus, belonging to the See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse tribe, and especially for the domestic See also:

• ASS (O.E. assa; Lat. asinus)
• ASS, FEAST OF THE

ass; it differs from the horse in its smaller See also:

• SIZE

size, See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long ears, the See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of its tail, See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur and markings, and its proverbial dulness and obstinacy . The See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Egyptians symbolized an ignorant See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person by the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head and ears of an ass, and the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans thought it a See also:

• BAD, BCD

bad See also:

• OMEN (a Latin word, either connected with os, mouth, or more probably with auris (Gr. ois, ear; apparently, meaning " a thing heard " or " spoken ")

omen to meet one . In the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages the Germans of See also:

• WESTPHALIA (Ger. Westfalen)
• WESTPHALIA, TREATY OF

Westphalia made the ass the See also:

• SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

symbol of St See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas,the incredulous apostle; the boy who was last to enter school on St Thomas' See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day was called the " Ass Thomas " (See also:

• GUBERNATIS, ANGELO DE, COUNT (1840– )

Gubernatis's Zoological See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

Mythology, i . 362) . The foolishness and obstinacy of the ass has caused the name to be transferred metaphorically to human beings; and the fifth proposition of See also:

• BOOK

Book i. of See also:

• EUCLID
• EUCLID [EucLEIDES]

Euclid is known as the Pons Asinorum, See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge of asses .