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host(1) (iou)



host noun4.LME-L16.
[Perh. from Old French (h)oste var. of (h)ostel HOSTEL noun.]
A place of lodging, an inn.
at host put up at an inn.

ampelite (medicine)


ampelite
<chemical> An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the ancients to kill insects, etc, on vines; applied by Brongniart to a carbonaceous alum schist.

Origin: L. Ampelitis, Gr, fr. Vine.

Source: Websters Dictionary