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rostrum 1. a platform or dais in front of an orchestra on which the conductor stands 2. another word for ram (sense 4) 3. the prow or beak of an ancient Roman ship 4. Biology Zoology a beak or beaklike part How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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On the floor of this chamber, which was dotted with highly carved wooden desks and chairs, were assembled about forty or fifty male Martians around the steps of a rostrum. The first pupil whom the Abbé de Saint Pierre de Val, at the moment of beginning his reading on canon law, always perceived, glued to a pillar of the school Saint-Vendregesile, opposite his rostrum, was Claude Frollo, armed with his horn ink-bottle, biting his pen, scribbling on his threadbare knee, and, in winter, blowing on his fingers. One by one the masters mounted the rostrum beside the slave block upon which stood their chattels. |
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