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ABATTOIR (from abatire, to strike down)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 8 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ABATTOIR (from abatire, to strike down) , a See also:French word often employed in See also:English as an See also:equivalent of " slaughter-See also:house" (q.v.), the See also:place where animals intended for See also:food are killed.

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