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Daric
(gcide) | Daric \Dar"ic\ (d[a^]r"[i^]k), n. [Gr. dareiko`s, of Persian
origin.]
1. (Antiq.)
(a) A gold coin of ancient Persia, weighing usually a
little more than 128 grains, and bearing on one side
the figure of an archer.
(b) A silver coin of about 86 grains, having the figure of
an archer, and hence, in modern times, called a daric.
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2. Any very pure gold coin.
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pindaric
(encz) | Pindaric, |
Pindaric
(gcide) | Pindaric \Pin*dar"ic\, a. [L. Pindaricus, Gr. ?, fr. ? (L.
Pindarus) Pindar: cf. F. pindarique.]
Of or pertaining to Pindar, the Greek lyric poet; after the
style and manner of Pindar; as, Pindaric odes. -- n. A
Pindaric ode.
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Pindarical
(gcide) | Pindarical \Pin*dar"ic*al\, a.
Pindaric.
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Too extravagant and Pindarical for prose. --Cowley.
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daricon
(wn) | Daricon
n 1: an anticholinergic drug (trade name Daricon) used in
treating peptic ulcers [syn: oxyphencyclimine, Daricon] |
pindaric
(wn) | Pindaric
n 1: an ode form used by Pindar; has triple groups of triple
units [syn: Pindaric ode, Pindaric] |
pindaric ode
(wn) | Pindaric ode
n 1: an ode form used by Pindar; has triple groups of triple
units [syn: Pindaric ode, Pindaric] |
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