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Definition of Pavisses

1. pavisse [n] - See also: pavisse

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pavisses

pavings paving machine paving material paving stone pavins pavior paviors paviour paviours pavis

pavise paviser pavisers pavises pavisse pavisses (current term) Pavlov Pavlov's reflex Pavlova pavlovas

Pavlovian pavlovian conditioning pavlov conditioning Pavlov method pavlov pouch pavlov stomach pavo Pavo pavone pavone

Literary usage of Pavisses

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1. Ivanhoe by Walter Scott (1908)
"pavisses were a species of large shield covering the whole person, employed on the same oc- casions. The bolt was the arrow peculiarly fitted to the ..."

2. A History of Greece: From Its Conquest by the Romans to the Present Time, B by George Finlay (1877)
"Showers of stones broke his scaling ladders, and torrents of burning naphtha and Greek fire burned the tortoises and pavisses of the assailants, ..."

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