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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_136676" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_136676" /> == | ||
<p> (1): | <p> (1): (n.) An inextricable or bewildering difficulty. </p> <p> (2): (n.) The internal ear. See [[Note]] under Ear. </p> <p> (3): (n.) Any intricate or involved inclosure; especially, an ornamental maze or inclosure in a park or garden. </p> <p> (4): (n.) An edifice or place full of intricate passageways which render it difficult to find the way from the interior to the entrance; as, the [[Egyptian]] and Cretan labyrinths. </p> <p> (5): (n.) Any object or arrangement of an intricate or involved form, or having a very complicated nature. </p> <p> (6): (n.) A pattern or design representing a maze, - often inlaid in the tiled floor of a church, etc. </p> <p> (7): (n.) A series of canals through which a stream of water is directed for suspending, carrying off, and depositing at different distances, the ground ore of a metal. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75849" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75849" /> == |