LAN'DAU, LAN'DAULET, _a kind of carriage opening at the top_: "Landau," a
town in Germany.
MADEI'RA, _a wine_: "Madeira," where produced.
MAGNE'SIA, _a primitive earth_: "Magnesia," in Thessaly.
MAG'NET, _the loadstone, or Magnesian stone_.
MALM'SEY, _a wine_: "Malvasia," in the Morea.
MAR'SALA, _a wine_: "Marsala," in Sicily.
MEAN'DER, _to flow in a winding course_: "Meander," a winding river in Asia
Minor.
MIL'LINER, _one who makes ladies' bonnets, etc._: "Milan," in Italy.
MOROC'CO, _a fine kind of leather_: "Morocco," in Africa, where it was
originally made.
NANKEEN', _a buff-colored cloth_: "Nankin," in China, where first made.
PHEAS'ANT, _a bird whose flesh is highly valued as food_: "Phasis," a river
in Asia Minor, whence it was brought to Europe.
PIS'TOL, _a small hand gun_: "Pistoja," in Italy, where first made.
PORT, _a wine_: "Oporto," in Portugal, whence extensively shipped.
SARDINE', _a small Mediterranean fish, of the herring family_: "Sardinia"
around whose coasts the fish abounds.
SAUTERNE', _a wine_: "Sauterne," in France, where produced.
SHER'RY, _a wine_: "Xeres," in Spain, where it is largely manufactured.
SPAN'IEL, _a dog of remarkable sagacity_: "Hispaniola," now Hayti, where
originally found.
TAR'IFF, _a list of duties or customs to be paid on goods imported or
exported_: from an Arabic word, _tarif_, information.
TO'PAZ, _a precious stone_: "Topazos," an island in the Red Sea, where it
is found.
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