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TURPENTINE (in M. Eng. turbentine, adapted through the O. Fr. turbentine or terebentine from Lat. terebinthina, sc. resina, resin of the terebinth, Gr. eepiOtvOos or eippavOos)

TURPENTINE (in M. Eng. turbentine, adapted through the O. Fr. turbentine or terebentine from See also:
LAT
Lat. terebinthina, sc. resina, See also:
RESIN (through O.Fr. resine, modern reline, from Lat. resina, prcbably Latinized from Greek Pirivrt, resin)
resin of the See also:
TEREBINTH
terebinth, Gr. eepiOtvOos or eippavOos) , the oleo-resins which exude from certain trees, especially from some conifers ' There is little See also:

EXTERNAL

external difference between the sexes, and the brightly contrasted See also:

COLOURS, MILITARY

colours of the See also:

hen-See also:

BIRD

bird seem to require some See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of concealment .

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