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FIRE BRAT

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 418 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

FIRE BRAT , a small See also:

INSECT

insect (Thermobia or Thermophila furnoruon) related to the See also:

SILVERFISH

silverfish, and found in bakehouses, where it feeds upon See also:

BREAD

bread and See also:

FLOUR

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