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  • 41Great Cornholio — The Great Cornholio (also known as just Cornholio or, as he sometimes calls himself, The Almighty Bungholio) is the hyperactive alter ego of Beavis in MTV s animated series Beavis and Butt Head .TransformationWhenever Beavis consumes large… …

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  • 42quantity — noun 1) the quantity of food collected Syn: amount, total, aggregate, sum, quota, mass, weight, volume, bulk; quantum, proportion, portion, part 2) a quantity of ammunition Syn …

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  • 43quantity — /ˈkwɒntəti / (say kwontuhtee) noun (plural quantities) 1. a particular, indefinite, or considerable amount of anything: a small quantity of water. 2. amount or measure: to mix the ingredients in the right quantities. 3. considerable or great… …

  • 44Great and small — Small Small (sm[add]l), a. [Compar. {Smaller}; superl. {Smallest}.] [OE. small, AS. sm[ae]l; akin to D. smal narrow, OS. & OHG. smal small, G. schmal narrow, Dan. & Sw. smal, Goth. smals small, Icel. smali smal cattle, sheep, or goats; cf. Gr.… …

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  • 45great sea — Ocean O cean ([=o] shan), n. [F. oc[ e]an, L. oceanus, Gr. wkeano s ocean, in Homer, the great river supposed to encompass the earth.] 1. The whole body of salt water which covers more than three fifths of the surface of the globe; called also… …

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  • 46Great Train Raid of 1861 — The Great Train Raid of 1861 was a Confederate military raid conducted in western Virginia in May 1861 during the early days of the American Civil War. It was aimed at disrupting a critical railroad used by the opposing Union Army as a major… …

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  • 47Great gun — Gun Gun (g[u^]n), n. [OE. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin; cf. Ir., Gael., & LL. gunna, W. gum; possibly (like cannon) fr. L. canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF. mangonnel, E. mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.] 1. A weapon which… …

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  • 48great hundred —    a traditional unit of quantity equal to 120 instead of 100. The great hundred equals 6 score or 2 shocks. Merchants in medieval England used both the great hundred and the gross (144) in specifying quantities, but more recently the gross has… …

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  • 49quantity — noun (plural quantities) 1》 a certain amount or number.     ↘a considerable number or amount. 2》 the property of something that is measurable: wages depended on quantity of output, regardless of quality. 3》 Phonetics the perceived length of a… …

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  • 50quantity —   Nui.   Also: kuaniki, pu u.    ♦ Great quantities, laupa i, a ole i laua aku, a ole o kana mai, ā hewa.    ♦ Small quantity, a ohe nui, lihi, iki …

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