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spence [spɛns] n Dialect a. a larder or pantry b. any monetary allowance c. a parlour, esp in a cottage [from Old French despense, from Latin dispendere to distribute; see dispense] Spence [spɛns] n (Biographies / Spence, Sir Basil (Unwin) (1907-1976) M, Scottishnational of birth: Indian, ARCHITECTURE: architect) Sir Basil (Unwin). 1907-76, Scottish architect, born in India; designed Coventry Cathedral (1951) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It is a significant fact, stated by entomologists -- I find it in Kirby and Spence -- that "some insects in their perfect state, though furnished with organs of feeding, make no use of them"; and they lay it down as "a general rule, that almost all insects in this state eat much less than in that of larvae. "I have been a governess for five years," said she, "in the family of Colonel Spence Munro, but two months ago the colonel received an appointment at Halifax, in Nova Scotia, and took his children over to America with him, so that I found myself without a situation. |
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