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palimpsest |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Palimpsest \Pal"imp*sest\, n. [L. palimpsestus Gr ? scratched or scraped again ? a palimpsest; ? again + ? to rub, rub away: cf F. palimpseste.] A parchment which has been written upon twice, the first writing having been erased to make place for the second --Longfellow. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: palimpsest n : a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible
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