Papyr

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of papyrus. alt-of, alternative, obsolete, uncountable

    "But afterwards, for that the boates and veſſels uſed upon this ſea in the paſſage thither, were made and wound of papyr reeds like thoſe of the river Nilus, […]"

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"But afterwards, for that the boates and veſſels uſed upon this ſea in the paſſage thither, were made and wound of papyr reeds like thoſe of the river Nilus, […]"

Etymology

From Latin papȳrus.

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