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Search phrase: alabaster

Plays

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The Merchant of VeniceMV I.i.84sit like his grandsire cut in alabastersit like his grandsire cut in alablaster
OthelloOth V.ii.5and smooth as monumental alabasterand smooth as monumentall alablaster

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.419 her azure veins her alabaster skin her azure vaines her alablaster skinne
Venus and AdonisVen.363 or ivory in an alabaster band or iuorie in an allablaster band

Glossary

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alablasterwhite smooth [as alabaster]
alablaster alabaster [fine white material derived from limestone]

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
alabasterBASIC alabaster n, alablaster n

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