FERRARA

Ferrara

(noun) a city in northern Italy; “in the 13th century Ferrara was a center of Renaissance learning and the arts”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Fer*ra"ra, n.

Definition: A sword bearing the mark of one of the Ferrara family of Italy. These swords were highly esteemed in England and Scotland in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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TRUNCATION

(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)


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