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DISSOCIATION , a separation or dispersal, the opposite of association. In See also:

chemistry the See also:

TERM

term is given to chemical reactions in which a substance decomposes into two or more substances, and particularly to cases in which associated molecules break down into simpler molecules. Thus the reactions NH4C I NH3+HC 1, and PCl Ee PCl 8+C12 are instances of theconnected with dizen, in See also:

MODERN

modern See also:

ENGLISH

English seen in " bedizen," to See also:

DECK

deck out or embellish, originally " to equip the See also:

DISTAFF

distaff with See also:

FLAX

flax, &c.," cf. the See also:

German dialectal word Diesse, flax. The last See also:

PART

part of the word is " See also:

STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff." " Distaff " from See also:

early times has been used to symbolize woman's See also:

WORK

work (cf. the use of " spinster " for an unmarried woman); thus the" distaff " or "spindle " See also:

side of a See also:

FAMILY

family refers to the See also:

FEMALE

female See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch, as opposed to the " See also:

SPEAR (O. Eng. spere, O. H. Ger. sper, mod. Ger. speer, &c., cf. Lat. sparrs; probably related to " spar, " a beam)

spear " or male branch. The 7th of See also:

JANUARY

January, the See also:

day after See also:

EPIPHANY, FEAST OF

Epiphany, was formerly known as St Distaff's day, as See also:

WOMEN

women then began work again after the See also:

CHRISTMAS (i.e. the Mass of Christ)

Christmas See also:

HOLIDAY

holiday.

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