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Definition of Famishes
1. famish [v] - See also: famish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Famishes
Literary usage of Famishes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Calendar of Virginia State Papers and Other Manuscripts: ... Preserved in by Virginia, William Pitt Palmer, Sherwin McRae, Raleigh Edward Colston, Henry W. Flournoy (1884)
"... Several of the Pieces on Fort Car- Cape Peyton famishes an 1 Ti'"Ht^ of the
expense of removing ; die Heavy ..."
2. Mechanics Magazine (1824)
"... Journal, Invention famishes Ait with her materials ; without it, Judgment
itself can but steal wisely. No. SO.] SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 182*. [Price 3i! ..."
3. A Series of Letters Addressed to Rev. Hosea Ballou, of Boston: Being a by Charles Hudson (1827)
"This not only removes the objection, but famishes an additional argument in favor
of my construction of verse 7th. We find by these quotations, ..."
4. Letter to John Forbes ...: On His Article Entitled "Homœopathy, Allopathy by William Henderson, John Forbes (1846)
"... he is the sole agent for the British Journal of Homeopathy, which he regularly
receives by the Mail Steamer, and famishes quarterly for $3 per annum. ..."
5. Western Queen Elizabeth Islands, Arctic Archipelago by Edward T. Tozer, R. Thorsteinsson (1903)
"famishes materials in the erection, altering or repairing of a house by contract
with the owner, contractor, subcontractor, architect or authorized agent, ..."
6. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1863)
""The influence of the male npon the embryo is partly dependent upon the fact that
he famishes n portion of its substance in the shape of a sperm-cell, ..."
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