"Venus" is a word in ENGLISH
The metal copper; -- probably so designated from the ancient
use of the metal in making mirrors, a mirror being still the
astronomical symbol of the planet Venus.
One of the planets, the second in order from the sun, its
orbit lying between that of Mercury and that of the Earth, at a mean
distance from the sun of about 67,000,000 miles. Its diameter is 7,700
miles, and its sidereal period 224.7 days. As the morning star, it was
called by the ancients Lucifer; as the evening star, Hesperus.
The goddess of beauty and love, that is, beauty or love
deified.
Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve shells of the
genus Venus or family Veneridae. Many of these shells are large, and
ornamented with beautiful frills; others are smooth, glossy, and
handsomely colored. Some of the larger species, as the round clam, or
quahog, are valued for food.
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One afternoon a little boy was playing outdoors. He used his mother's broom as a horse and had a wonderful time until it was getting dark.He left the broom on the back porch. His mother was cleaning up the kitchen when she realized that her broom was missing. She asked the little boy about the broom and he told her where it was.She then asked him to please go get it. The little boy informed his mom that he was afraid of the dark and didn't want to go out to get the broom.His mother smiled and said 'The Lord is out there too, don't be afraid'. The little boy opened the back door a little and said 'Lord if you're out there, hand me the broom'.
To blind by a red-hot metal plate held before the eyes.
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Read the complete definitionA kind of gun metal, containing copper, zinc, and iron, but no tin.
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Read the complete definitionTo mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
Read the complete definitionTo form a metallic compound.
Read the complete definitionA baser metal mixed with a finer.
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Read the complete definitionTo mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.
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