Word: bot
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...members of the orchestra left Cambridge in a barge at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon. The air was cold and bracing and a pleasant ride was anticipated; but before they reached their destination most of the men were numb with the cold and were thinking with pleasure of the bot little spread that would surely be ready for them when they got to Wellesley. The college was reached shortly after seven o'clock and the men were conducted to a lower floor of the building where they were served with coffee and cake. They eyed the coffee a while...
...persons implicated in the play were the Mathematikado (a Braisilian by birth); Ayty Ayt, (a clever youth, in love with Trig Trig); Trig Trig, (a favorite of the Mathematikado); Latisha and Bot Ah Nee, ladies whom Ayty Ayt has paid court to, but of whom he has become tired; three little Ayty Nyns, admirers of Trig Trig; and a chorus of villagers of the town...
...Mathematikado wore a black robe of angular cut, embellished with geometrical figures in white; Trig Trig on the contrary was a pretty young girl in white, with wondrous problems pictured on her dress in black lines and figures; Ayty Ayt was an interesting and susceptible young man; and Bot Ah Nee wore a gown embroidered with a remarkable collection of vegetables, ferns, roots and flowers...
...England and America to wink less at the evasion of the rule. Very few of the socalled amateur oarsmen who are prominent can put their hands upon their breasts and testify that this clause does not apply to them: "Whose membership of any rowing or other athletic club was bot brought about, or does not continue, because of any mutual agreement or understanding, expressed or implied, whereby his becoming or continuing a member of such club would be of any pecuniary benefit to him whatever, direct or indirect." When we see a man devoting nearly his whole time...
Natural History 7 Bot. Gard...