Leyden

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Archaic spelling of Leiden: a city in South Holland, Netherlands. alt-of, archaic

    "When I left Mr. Bates, I went down to my Father; where, by the Aſſiſtance of him and my Uncle John, and ſome other Relations, I got forty Pounds, and a Promiſe of thirty Pounds a year to maintain me at Leyden: there I ſtudied Phyſick two years and ſeven months, knowing it would be uſeful in long Voyages."

  2. 2
    An unincorporated community near Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado, United States.
  3. 3
    A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States.
  4. 4
    A town in Lewis County, New York, United States.
  5. 5
    An unincorporated community in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States.
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  1. 6
    A surname.

Synonyms

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cheeseleiden

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"The warm sun of a bright spring day, in the year of grace 1574, shone down on the beautiful city of Leyden, on its spacious squares and streets and its elegant mansions, its imposing churches, and on the smooth canals which meandered among them, fed by the waters of the sluggish Rhine."

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Leyden jar

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