/ · 1894 Brewer’s · D · December. (Latin, the tenth month.)
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So it was when the year began in March with the vernal equinox; but since January and February have been inserted before it, the term is quite incorrect.
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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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