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"ref": "1599, T[homas] M[offett], The Silkewormes, and Their Flies: […], London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Nicholas Ling, […], →OCLC, pages 67–68",
"text": "For vvhat is ſilke but eu'n a Quinteſſence, / Made vvithout hands beyond al humane ſenſe? / A quinteſſence? nay vvel it may be call'd, / A deathleſſe tincture, ſent vs from the skies, / VVhoſe colour ſtands, vvhose gloſſe is ne're appalld, […]",
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"text": "For vvhat is ſilke but eu'n a Quinteſſence, / Made vvithout hands beyond al humane ſenſe? / A quinteſſence? nay vvel it may be call'd, / A deathleſſe tincture, ſent vs from the skies, / VVhoſe colour ſtands, vvhose gloſſe is ne're appalld, […]",
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"word": "精粹"
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"sense": "most perfect example of its type",
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"code": "ka",
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"sense": "most perfect example of its type",
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"sense": "most perfect example of its type",
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"sense": "most perfect example of its type",
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"word": "კვინტესენცია"
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"sense": "essence in its most pure and concentrated form",
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"sense": "essence in its most pure and concentrated form",
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"sense": "physics: hypothetical form of dark energy",
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