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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 600 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BEAVER
BEAVER (from Fr. baviere, a child's bib, from bane, saliva)

BEAVER (from Fr. baviere, a
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CHILD
CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
CHILD, L
CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)
child's bib, from bane, saliva) , the

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LOWER

lower

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PART

part of the

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HELMET (from an obsolete diminutive of O. Fr. helme, mod. heaume; the English word is " helm," as in O. Eng., Dutch and Ger.; all are from the Teutonic base hal-, pre-Teut. kal-, to cover; cf. Lat. celare, to hide, Eng. " hell," &c.)

helmet, fixed to the

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NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck-

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ARMOUR, PHILIP DANFORTH (1832-1901)

armour to protect the

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FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face and cheeks; properly it moved upwards, as the

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VISOR (also spelled viser, vizor, vizard or visard)

visor moved down, but the word is sometimes used to include the visor . The right

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FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the word, " haver," has been altered from a confusion with "

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beaver," a

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hat made of beaver-

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

fur or a

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SILK

silk

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IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation, also, in

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SLANG

slang, called a "

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CASTOR

castor," from the zoological name of the beaver

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FAMILY

family .

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