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<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> adj <br>inconstant or changeable in affections, loyalties or intentions<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> Anglo-Saxon <i>ficol</i> deceitful.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br>the excavation and subsequent study of the physical remains of earlier civilizations, especially buildings and artefacts, which now benefits from advances in scientific techniques such as CARBON DATING<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 17c.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun (<b>hookahs </b>or <b>hookas</b>)<br>a tobacco-pipe used by Turks, Arabs, etc consisting of a tube which passes through water, used to cool the smoke before it is inhaled<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 18c: from Arabic <i>huqqah</i> bowl.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> adj <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>very or unusually large or great.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><i>dated colloq </i>very good; splendid.<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 15c: French, from Latin <i>immensus</i> immeasurable.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> adj <br>going on without stopping; continual<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 16c: French, from Latin <i>cessare</i> to cease.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> verb (<b>inhaled</b>, <b>inhaling</b>)<br>to draw (air or other substances, eg tobacco smoke) into the lungs; to breathe in Compare EXHALE<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 18c: from Latin <i>inhalare</i>, from <i>halare</i> to breathe out.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>cloth made from flax.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>household articles such as sheets, tablecloths, tea-towels, etc originally made from linen, now more likely to be made from cotton or man-made fibres.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">3 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>underwear, which was originally made of linen.<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> adj <br>made of or like linen<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> Anglo-Saxon, from <i>lin</i> flax.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>any of various aromatic plants, including PEPPERMINT and SPEARMINT, with paired leaves and small, white or purple flowers, widely grown as a garden herb.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><i>cookery </i>the pungent-smelling leaves of this plant, used fresh or dried as a flavouring.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">3 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>a sweet flavoured with mint, or with a synthetic substitute for mint. Also called <b>peppermint</b>.<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> Anglo-Saxon <i>minte</i>: from Latin <i>mentha</i>.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>a place where coins are produced under government authority.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><i>colloq </i>a very large sum of money<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> verb (<b>minted</b>, <b>minting</b>)<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 15c in <i>noun </i>sense 1; Anglo-Saxon <i>mynet</i> in obsolete sense ‘money’.