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 Narses (2 syl.).Naseby (Northamptonshire) 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Narwhal.
 
Drinking-cups made of the bone of the narwhal used to be greatly valued, from the supposition that they counteracted the fatal effects of poison.   1
 


 Narses (2 syl.).Naseby (Northamptonshire) 

 
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