"Wagenboom" is a word in ENGLISH
A south African proteaceous tree (Protea grandiflora);
also, its tough wood, used for making wagon wheels.
Perhaps there are many "nows" of varying duration, depending on just what it is we are doing. We must face up to the fact that, at least in the case of humans, the subject experiencing subjective time is not a perfect, structureless observer, but a complex, multilayered, multifaceted psyche. Different levels of our consciousness may experience time in quite different ways. This is evidently the case in terms of response time. You have probably had the slightly unnerving experience of jumping at the sound of a telephone a moment or two before you actually hear it ring. The shrill noise induces a reflex response through the nervous system much faster than the time it takes to create the conscious experience of the sound.It is fashionable to attribute certain qualities, such as speech ability, to the left side of the brain, whereas others, such as musical appreciation, belong to processes occurring on the right side. But why should both hemispheres experience a common time? And why should the subconscious use the same mental clock as the conscious?
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Did you say that you fell over fifty feet but didn't hurt yourself? Yes - I was trying to get to the back of the bus.
A carnivorous quadruped (Proteles Lalandii), of South Africa, resembling the fox and hyena. See Proteles.
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Read the complete definitionn. south, the southern region.
Read the complete definitionA large South American serpent (Boa aboma).
Read the complete definitionábong - On the windward side, not under the lee, open or exposed to the wind; to be or become …
Read the complete definition(From abut, q. v.) Com-nionly defined “the buttings and boundings of lands, east, west, north, and south, showing on what …
Read the complete definitionA genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech.
Read the complete definitionThe potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his …
Read the complete definitionFor this; for this special pur-pose. An attorney ad hoc, or a guardian or curator ad hoc, Is one appointed …
Read the complete definitionIn French and clvll law. The purchaser at a Judicial sale. Breut v. New orleans, 41 La. Ann. 1098, 6 …
Read the complete definitionA South American bird (Psophia crepitans), allied to the cranes, and easily domesticated; -- called also the gold-breasted trumpeter. Its …
Read the complete definitionA rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, about the size of a rabbit, peculiar to South America and the West Indies. …
Read the complete definitionThe three-toed sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) of South America. See Sloth.
Read the complete definitionalaságas - The south-east wind (cf. laságas).
Read the complete definitionA small South American dog, domesticated by the aborigines.
Read the complete definitionA mutual agreement, of .which the effects, with resist both to the advantages and losses, whether to all the parties …
Read the complete definitionThe agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a South American tree (Inga Marthae). It is valuable for tanning …
Read the complete definitionA large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the …
Read the complete definitionTo grant, approve, or permit; as to allow an appeal or a marriage; to allow an account. Also to give …
Read the complete definitionOne of the several species of howling monkeys of South America. See Howler, 2.
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