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scarabee |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scarab \Scar"ab\, Scarabee \Scar"a*bee\, n. [L. scarabaeus; cf F. scarab['e]e.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of lamellicorn beetles of the genus {Scarab[ae]us}, or family {Scarab[ae]id[ae]}, especially the sacred, or Egyptian, species ({Scarab[ae]us sacer}, and {S. Egyptiorum}). From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scarab \Scar"ab\, Scarabee \Scar"a*bee`\, n. ] Same as {Scarab[ae]us}. From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: SCARABEE, n. The same as scarabaeus. He fell by his own hand Beneath the great oak tree. He'd traveled in a foreign land. He tried to make her understand The dance that's called the Saraband, But he called it Scarabee. He had called it so through an afternoon, And she the light of his harem if so might be Had smiled and said naught. O the body was fair to see All frosted there in the shine o' the moon -- Dead for a Scarabee And a recollection that came too late. O Fate! They buried him where he lay, He sleeps awaiting the Day In state, And two Possible Puns, moon-eyed and wan, Gloom over the grave and then move on Dead for a Scarabee! Fernando Tapple
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