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Fair-world
Fair-world Fair"-world`
.
State of prosperity. [Obs.]
They think it was never fair-world with them since.
--Milton.
Interworld
Interworld In`ter*world", n.
A world between other worlds. --Holland.
Old World ant thrushesPitta Pit"ta (p[i^]t"t[.a]), n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of a large group of bright-colored clamatorial birds
belonging to Pitta, and allied genera of the family
Pittid[ae]. Most of the species are varied with three or
more colors, such as blue, green, crimson, yellow, purple,
and black. They are called also ground thrushes, and Old
World ant thrushes; but they are not related to the true
thrushes.
Note: The pittas are most abundant in the East Indies, but
some inhabit Southern Asia, Africa, and Australia. They
live mostly upon the ground, and feed upon insects of
various kinds. Seven wonders of the worldWonder Won"der, n. [OE. wonder, wunder, AS. wundor; akin to D.
wonder, OS. wundar, OHG. wuntar, G. wunder, Icel. undr, Sw. &
Dan. under, and perhaps to Gr. ? to gaze at.]
1. That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the
presentation to the sight or mind of something new,
unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not well
understood; surprise; astonishment; admiration; amazement.
They were filled with wonder and amazement at that
which had happened unto him. --Acts iii.
10.
Wonder is the effect of novelty upon ignorance.
--Johnson.
Note: Wonder expresses less than astonishment, and much less
than amazement. It differs from admiration, as now
used, in not being necessarily accompanied with love,
esteem, or approbation.
2. A cause of wonder; that which excites surprise; a strange
thing; a prodigy; a miracle. `` Babylon, the wonder of all
tongues.' --Milton.
To try things oft, and never to give over, doth
wonders. --Bacon.
I am as a wonder unto many. --Ps. lxxi. 7.
Seven wonders of the world. See in the Dictionary of Noted
Names in Fiction. Seven wonders of the worldSeven Sev"en, a. [OE. seven, seoven, seofen, AS. seofon,
seofan, seofen; akin to D. zeven, OS., Goth., & OHG. sibun,
G. sieben, Icel. sjau, sj["o], Sw. sju, Dan. syv, Lith.
septyni, Russ. seme, W. saith, Gael. seachd, Ir. seacht, L.
septem, Gr. ???, Skr. saptan. [root]305. Cf. Hebdomad,
Heptagon, September.]
One more than six; six and one added; as, seven days make one
week.
Seven sciences. See the Note under Science, n., 4.
Seven stars (Astron.), the Pleiades.
Seven wonders of the world. See under Wonders.
Seven-year apple (Bot.), a rubiaceous shrub (Genipa
clusiifolia) growing in the West Indies; also, its edible
fruit.
Seven-year vine (Bot.), a tropical climbing plant
(Ipom[oe]a tuberosa) related to the morning-glory. Underworld
Underworld Un"der*world`, n.
1. The lower of inferior world; the world which is under the
heavens; the earth.
That overspreads (with such a reverence) This
underworld. --Daniel.
2. The mythological place of departed souls; Hades.
3. The portion of the world which is below the horizon; the
opposite side of the world; the antipodes. [R.]
Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail, That
brings our friends up from the underworld.
--Tennyson.
4. The inferior part of mankind. [R.] --Atterbury.
UnworldlinessUnworldly Un*world"ly, a.
Not worldly; spiritual; holy. --Hawthorne. --
Un*world"li*ness, n. UnworldlyUnworldly Un*world"ly, a.
Not worldly; spiritual; holy. --Hawthorne. --
Un*world"li*ness, n. Worldliness
Worldliness World"li*ness, n.
The quality of being worldly; a predominant passion for
obtaining the good things of this life; covetousness;
addictedness to gain and temporal enjoyments;
worldly-mindedness.
Worldly
Worldly World"ly, adv.
With relation to this life; in a worldly manner.
Subverting worldly strong and worldly wise By simply
meek. --Milton.
Worldly
Worldly World"ly, a. [AS. woroldlic.]
1. Relating to the world; human; common; as, worldly maxims;
worldly actions. ``I thus neglecting worldly ends.'
--Shak.
Many years it hath continued, standing by no other
worldly mean but that one only hand which erected
it. --Hooker.
2. Pertaining to this world or life, in contradistinction
from the life to come; secular; temporal; devoted to this
life and its enjoyments; bent on gain; as, worldly
pleasures, affections, honor, lusts, men.
With his soul fled all my worldly solace. --Shak.
3. Lay, as opposed to clerical. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Worldlywise
Worldlywise World"ly*wise`, a.
Wise in regard to things of this world. --Bunyan.
World-wide
World-wide World"-wide`, a.
Extended throughout the world; as, world-wide fame.
--Tennyson.
Meaning of World from wikipedia
- see the
world as unique,
while others talk of a "plurality of
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anywhere on Earth.
World,
worlds or the
world may also
refer to: Universe, all of
space and time and
their contents Earth (planet), the
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World War II or the
Second World War (1
September 1939 – 2
September 1945) was a
global conflict between two coalitions: the
Allies and the Axis powers...
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World War I or the
First World War (28 July 1914 – 11
November 1918), also
known as the
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World!"
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- A
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