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moly
/ˈməʊli/
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2ADJ.
sweet
VERB + MOLY
excels
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noun
1
A magic herb or plant used by Odysseus to overcome Circe.
It excels Homers moly, cures this, falling sickness, and almost all other infirmities.
Or, propt on beds of amaranth and moly, / How sweet (while warm airs lull us, blowing lowly,)
2
Any plant associated with the mythological moly, especially the European allium, Allium moly.
noun
1
Molybdenum.
The fuselage and tail unit were constructed of welded chrome-moly steel tubing, fabric covered, with two seats in one elongated open 'bathtub' cockpit.
2
Molybdenum grease.
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It excels Homers moly, cures this, falling sickness, and almost all other infirmities.
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Or, propt on beds of amaranth and moly, / How sweet (while warm airs lull us, blowing lowly,)
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So spoke the Radiant One; then gave me the magic herb, pulling it from the ground and showing me in what form it grew; its root was black, its flower milk-white. Its name among the gods is moly.
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The fuselage and tail unit were constructed of welded chrome-moly steel tubing, fabric covered, with two seats in one elongated open 'bathtub' cockpit.
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