Papyr
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 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, […]"
Example
More examples"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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