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paul

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paul (plural pauls)

An old Italian silver coin; a paolo.
- 1836, Mariana Starke, Travels in Europe and in the Island of Sicily (page 569)
  Shoes and boots are, generally speaking, better made at Florence than in any other part of Italy: the usual price charged for the former is eight pauls the pair; and for the latter from thirty to forty pauls.

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paul (plural pauls)

Archaic form of pawl#English|pawl.
- 1850, The Mechanic's Magazine, Register, Journal and Gazette (page 517)
  As soon as the horse again begins to move, the paul will take into the teeth of the ratchet-wheel, and restore to the fly-wheel its original speed.

Paul

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In the New Testament, Saul, Apostle to the Gentiles and author of fourteen epistles.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Acts 13:9 ↗:
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  Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him.
A male given name of biblical origin.
- 1848 Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son: Chapter 1:
  'He will be christened Paul, my - Mrs Dombey - of course.'
  She feebly echoed, 'Of course,' or rather expressed it by the motion of her lips, and closed her eyes again.
  'His father's name, Mrs Dombey, and his grandfather's! I wish his grandfather were alive this day! There is some inconvenience in the necessity of writing Junior,' said Mr Dombey, making a fictitious autograph on his knee; 'but it is merely of a private and personal complexion. It doesn't enter into the correspondence of the House. Its signature remains the same.'
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A city in Idaho.

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