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Webster 1913 Edition


Talaria

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Ta-la′ri-a

(tȧ-lā′rĭ-ȧ)
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Noun.
pl.
[L., from
talaris
pertaining to the ankles, fr.
talus
ankle.]
(Class. Myth.)
Small wings or winged shoes represented as fastened to the ankles, – chiefly used as an attribute of Mercury.