Lexicographical Neighbors of Pheses
Literary usage of Pheses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"pheses, s.pl. This seem? to be from Fr. fesses, the breech, q. the breeching used
for artillery, or the traces, this being the meaning of thetis, ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"[2. The furrow or furrows drawn to mark off the breadth of the ridges in ploughing,
ibid.] pheses, ». pi. Traces or breeching of ordnance. ..."
3. English Prose and Poetry (1137-1892) by John Matthews Manly (1916)
"... pheses, III, 1-137. A similar story is told of Jason. P. 210 b. those confused
seeds which were imposed on Psyche. Psyche had fallen into the hands of ..."
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