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pavement

That with which anythingis paved; a floor or covering of solid material, laid so as to make a hard and convenient surface for travel; a paved road or sidewalk; a decorative interior floor of tiles or coloured bricks. The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold.

(Science: zoology) (milton) Pavement teeth, flattened teeth which in certain fishes, as the skates and cestracionts, are arranged side by side, like tiles in a pavement.

Origin: F, fr. LL. Pavamentum, L. Pavimentum. See Pave.


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by Kuruvilla
Tue Jul 06, 2010 3:46 pm
 
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My brain combines reality and fantasy into one realm...

... I was around 13 years old I blacked out during a long bike ride. I hit a rock in the road which knocked me off my bike and hitting my head on the pavement. I ended up in the hospital for three days until I woke up mentally from the black out. I have been married five time and have three grown ...

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by Candy829
Sat Nov 21, 2009 1:39 am
 
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C3 and C4 plants

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by Cristgonz
Mon Jun 23, 2008 3:49 pm
 
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The Fiber Disease

... lyrics. Remember this line?...from "High rise" "Starfish Of human blood shape Tentacles of human gore Spread out on the pavement from the 99th floor Well somebody said that he jumped But we know he was pushed He was just like you might have been On the 99th floor of a ...

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Wed Jan 17, 2007 1:38 pm
 
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The Fiber Disease

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by reliefseeker
Sun Nov 05, 2006 11:19 am
 
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