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Pansil (Pali) [from Sanskrit panca-sila from panca five + sila practice, behavior] The five moral precepts imbodied in practice which every Buddhist, layman and bhikkhu (or bhikshu), promises to observe. Taking pansil publicly is tantamount to becoming a Buddhist. It consists of undertaking abstinence from 1) injuring or killing any living thing (panatipata veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami); 2) theft or taking that which is not given (adinnadana veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami); 3) immoral sensual enjoyment (kamesu michchhachara veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami); 4) false speech or lying (musavada veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami); and 5) intoxication as tending to becloud and weaken the mind (sura-meraya-majja-pamada-tthana veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami). From a site filled with information about theology and mythology wores. http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/etgloss/pa-peq.htm
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lansquenet \Lans"que*net\, n. [F., fr G. landsknecht a foot soldier, also a game of cards introduced by these foot soldiers; land country + knecht boy, servant. See {Land}, and {Knight}.] 1. A German foot soldier in foreign service in the 15th and 16th centuries; a soldier of fortune; -- a term used in France and Western Europe.
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Also known as Nawao. Hawaii's legendary mystical and shy forest dwellers, small in size (about 3 ft tall), but according to legend, very industrious master builders that use their great strength to accomplish mighty feats of engineering and construction overnight.
The Menehune are also said to possess magical powers and to have created major projects throughout the Hawaiian Islands, such as the Menehune Ditch (an aqueduct that funnels water for irrigation from the Waimea River) and the Alekoko Fishpond (also called Menehune Fishpond).
According to folklore, the Menehune works at night so as not to be seen by others. They cut, transport, and fit stones for their projects in a fireman's bucket brigade like method. If they are discovered, their work would stop and be abandoned.
Popularly, they are described as playful pot-bellied hairy and muscular elves two or three feet tall, with bushy eyebrows over large eyes and a short nose with a trace of mischievousness. Some think that there is more to it than just a popular legend, and that the Menehune is some kind of Hawaiian mysterious primate, such as the Teh-lma from the Himalayas. See Abominable Snowman, Almas, Yowie, Chemosit, Chuchunaa, Higabon, Yeti, Meh-teh, Bigfoot, Mono Grande, Mapinguary, Nguoi Rung, Orang Pendek, Vasitri, Sasquatch, 'X' and Wildman of China.
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Timber - ... His microscopic, ultrastructural and molecular all fall within our definition of microstructure. ... The arches are made of an African hardwood called Iroko and on ... http://www.bradford.ac.uk/acad/civeng/studsupp/timber.htm
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Definition: [SPRING-uhr-lee; SHPRING-uhr-luh] One of Germany's most famous Christmas sweets, the anise-flavored springerle are beautiful embossed cookies that originated centuries ago in the German duchy of Swabia. The embossed designs on the cookie's surface are formed with a special carved wooden rolling pin, which, when rolled over the dough, imprints it decoratively. Alternatively, the dough can be pressed into a carved cookie mold. Once the dough is imprinted with the design, the cookies are allowed to sit out at room temperature overnight. This allows the dough's surface to dry so the design will remain as the cookie bakes.
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Surgical removal of kidney stones.
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Pertaining to Catullus, full name Gaius Valerius Catullus (84-54 BC), Roman poet, often considered the greatest writer of Latin lyric verse.
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Instead of my giving the definition of this word, which I have not yet found, you can go to Carolyn's Corner and play a little word game that contains it. http://www.spellingbee.com/cc03/Week08/activity.htm
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efinition: Any pyroclastic rock, typically a welded tuff or a non-welded sillar, deposited from or formed by the settling of a nuée ardente. ... http://www.georoots.org/term_page.asp?terminit=i search within this site
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