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miscellanies


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Miscellany  \Mis"cel*la*ny\,  n.;  pl  {Miscellanies}.  [L. 
  miscellanea,  neut.  pl  of  miscellaneus:  cf  F. 
  miscellan['e]e,  pl  miscellan['e]es.  See  {Miscellaneous}.] 
  A  mass  or  mixture  of  various  things  a  medley;  esp.,  a 
  collection  of  compositions  on  various  subjects. 
 
  'T  is  but  a  bundle  or  miscellany  of  sin;  sins  original, 
  and  sins  actual.  --Hewyt. 
 
  {Miscellany  madam},  a  woman  who  dealt  in  various  fineries;  a 
  milliner.  [Obs.]  --B.  Jonson 




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