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Definition of Multipedes
1. multipede [n] - See also: multipede
Lexicographical Neighbors of Multipedes
Literary usage of Multipedes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1831)
"A brawny lad the meat was basting, And all the while the gravy tasting; A greasy
cap begrimed his head, ‘J'hat multipedes like pepper shed. ..."
2. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1856)
"... the stings of multipedes. seed, in fevers even, acts as an astringent upon a
relaxed stomach, and beaten up with water, it allays nausea : it is highly ..."
3. A Gazetteer of the State of Georgia: Embracing a Particular Description of by Adiel Sherwood (1837)
"Let your bedsteads be cleansed every March, and you will be seldom troubled with
multipedes, if you should be, use quicksilver and tallow. 6. ..."
4. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and ...by William Nicholson by William Nicholson (1819)
"... two-footed; such are men and birds : quadrupedes, four-footed; such are most
land-animals: and multipedes, or many- footed ; as insects. ..."
5. The Philosophical Grammar: Being a View of the Present State of Experimented by Benjamin Martin (1755)
"... the Going of Mille- fedes (or multipedes) that on each Side of their Bodies
every Leg hath its Motion, one very regularly following the other from End ..."
6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1831)
"A brawny lad the meat was basting, And all the while the gravy tasting; A greasy
cap begrimed his head, ‘J'hat multipedes like pepper shed. ..."
7. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1856)
"... the stings of multipedes. seed, in fevers even, acts as an astringent upon a
relaxed stomach, and beaten up with water, it allays nausea : it is highly ..."
8. A Gazetteer of the State of Georgia: Embracing a Particular Description of by Adiel Sherwood (1837)
"Let your bedsteads be cleansed every March, and you will be seldom troubled with
multipedes, if you should be, use quicksilver and tallow. 6. ..."
9. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and ...by William Nicholson by William Nicholson (1819)
"... two-footed; such are men and birds : quadrupedes, four-footed; such are most
land-animals: and multipedes, or many- footed ; as insects. ..."
10. The Philosophical Grammar: Being a View of the Present State of Experimented by Benjamin Martin (1755)
"... the Going of Mille- fedes (or multipedes) that on each Side of their Bodies
every Leg hath its Motion, one very regularly following the other from End ..."
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