rudiments
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Rudiments of structure which were useful in some brute ancestor.
From Evolution An Investigation and a Critique by Graebner, Theodore
On these occasions I always received a present from her in return—"The Rudiments of Architecture," price ninepence, in a red cover.
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Hare, Augustus J. C.
The Rudiments was by far the dullest book I had ever seen.
From My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. by Miller, Hugh
If it becomes FROZEN,88-* it must be thawed by the means we have directed for meat, in the 2d chapter of the Rudiments of Cookery.
From The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual by Kitchiner, William
Rudiments, however, may occur in one sex of parts normally present in the other sex; and such rudiments, as we shall hereafter see, have often originated in a distinct manner.
From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Darwin, Charles
Vocabulary lists containing rudiments
"A Modest Proposal," Vocabulary from the satire
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Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie
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"Thomas Jefferson: The Best of Enemies" by Ron Chernow
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