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FOOLSCAP , the cap, usually of conical shape, with a cockscomb See also:running up the centre of the back, and with bells attached, worn by jesters and See also:fools (see Fooa); also a conical cap worn by dunces. The name is given to a See also:size of See also:writing or See also:printing See also:paper, varying in size from 12 X 15 in. to 17 X 131 in. (see PAPER). The name is derived from the use of a " See also:fool's cap " as a watermark. A See also:German example of the watermark dating from 1479 was exhibited in the See also:Caxton See also:Exhibition (1877). The New See also:English See also:Dictionary finds no trustworthy See also:evidence for the introduction of the watermark by a German, See also:Sir See also:John Spielmann, at his paper-See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill at See also:Dartford in 158o, and states that there is no truth in the See also:familiar See also:story that the Rump See also:Parliament substituted a fool's cap for the royal arms as a watermark on the paper used for the See also:journals of parliament.
FOOL'S See also:PARSLEY, in See also:botany, the popular name for Aethusa Cynapium, a member of the See also:family See also:Umbelliferae, and a See also:common See also:weed in cultivated ground. It is an See also:annual See also:herb, with a fusiform See also:root and a smooth hollow branched See also:stem i to 2 ft. high, with much divided (ternately pinnate) smooth leaves and small See also:compound umbels of small irregular See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:flowers. The plant has a nauseous See also:smell, and,like other members of the See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order (e.g. See also:hemlock, See also:water-See also:dropwort), is poisonous.
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