Alcimʹedon.

A generic name for a first-rate carver in wood.

“Pocula ponam

Fagina, cœlātum divini opus Alcimedontis.”


Virgil: Eclogue, iii. 36.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Alcantara (Order of)
Alcastus (in Jerusalem Delivered)
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Alceste
Alchemilla
Alchemy (Al-ki-mĕ)
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Alcina
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Aldabella
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Alderman (An)
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Aldgate Pump