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pireus

pireus [CL pirum+-eus] , like or resembling a pear (in quot. w. ref. to physical shape). cor ‥ fuit ‥ oblongum et in forma pineum vel ~eum [ed. 1601: in forma pyri; Trevisa: he is evelong ischape as a toppe], sc. ut tendens in acutum, ut actio caloris naturalis semper in conum tendens fortior redderetur Bart. Angl. V 36.

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