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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_166316" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_166316" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The button, globule, or mass of metal, in a more or less impure state, which forms in the bottom of the crucible in smelting and reduction of ores. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The button, globule, or mass of metal, in a more or less impure state, which forms in the bottom of the crucible in smelting and reduction of ores. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) A petty king; a ruler of little power or consequence. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Leo; - called also the Lion's Heart. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_78770" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_78770" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A Roman of the Romans; was twice over Consul, in 267 and 256 B.C.; defeated the Carthaginians, both by sea and land, but was at last taken prisoner; being sent, after five years' captivity, on parole to Rome with proposals of peace, dissuaded the [[Senate]] from accepting the terms, and despite the entreaties of his wife and children and friends returned to [[Carthage]] according to his promise, where he was subjected to the most excruciating tortures. </p> | ||
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