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DACTYL (from Gr. S&crvXo , a finger)

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 728 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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DACTYL (from Gr. S&crvXo , a finger)

DACTYL (from Gr. S&crvXo , a See also:
FINGER
finger) , in See also:

PROSODY (Gr. rpovwSta)

prosody, a See also:

long syllable followed by two See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short(see See also:

VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

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