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• lawd — obs. form of laud, lewd a …   Useful english dictionary

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• laudanum — /lawd n euhm, lawd neuhm/, n. 1. a tincture of opium. 2. Obs. any preparation in which opium is the chief ingredient. [1595 1605; orig. ML var. of LADANUM; arbitrarily used by Paracelsus to name a remedy based on opium] * * * …   Universalium

• Laud — /lawd/, n. William, 1573 1645, archbishop of Canterbury and opponent of Puritanism: executed for treason. * * * …   Universalium

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