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KILIN , or CH'-I-LIN, one of the four symbolical creatures which in See also:Chinese See also:mythology are believed to keep See also:watch and See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
ward over the See also:Celestial See also:Empire. It is a See also:unicorn, portrayed in Chinese See also:art as having the See also:body and legs of a See also:deer and an ox's
tail. Its See also:advent on See also:earth heralds an See also:age of enlightened See also:government and civic prosperity. It is regarded as the noblest of the See also:animal creation and as the incarnation of See also:fire, See also:water, See also:wood, See also:- METAL
- METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)
metal and earth. It lives for a thousand years, and is believed to step so softly as to leave no footprints and to crush no living thing.
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