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A complete general encyclopedia of 1921 — the world as it was understood just after the Great War, from Aachen to Zwingli, across twelve volumes and six thousand pages.

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in arithmetic and algebra, a number which contains another number an exact number of times without any remainder; thus, 20 is a multiple of 5. Common multiple of two or more numbers: In arithmetic, any number which contains each of these numbers an exact number of times without any remainder; as, 30 is a common multiple MUNDELEIN the Egyptians, filling the hollow caused by the removal of the viscera with salt and an absorbent vegetable powder. In horticulture, a sort of wax used in grafting trees. In painting, a sort of brown bituminous pigment. To beat to a To beat to mummy, to thrash severely, to pound. a

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