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Almond
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AL'MOND, n.
1. The fruit of the almond tree an ovate, compressed nut, perforated in the pores. It is either sweet or bitter. It is popularly pronounced ammond.
2. The tonsils, two glands near the basis of the tongue, are called almonds, from their resemblance to that nut vulgularly, but improperly, called the almonds of the ears, as they belong to the throat.
3. In Portugal, a measure by which wine is sold, twenty-six of which make a pipe.
But in Portuguese it is written almude.
4. Among lapidaries, almonds signify pieces of rock crystal, used in adorning branch candlesticks, so called from their resemblance to this fruit.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Almond'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/a/almond.html.
Entry for 'Almond'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/a/almond.html.
