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Papyrus
Open directlyHastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
PAPY'RUS. Job 40:21. See Reed.
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Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
PAPY'RUS. Job 40:21. See Reed.
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A tall rushlike plant (Cyperus Papyrus) of the Sedge family, formerly growing in Egypt, and now found in Abyssinia, Syria, Sicily, etc. The stem is triangular and about an inch thick.
2. The material upon which the ancient Egyptians wrote. It was formed by cutting the stem of the plant into thin longitudinal slices, which were gummed together and pressed.
3. A manuscript written on papyrus; esp., pl., written scrolls made of papyrus; as, the papyri of Egypt or Herculaneum.