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A species of hexameter verse so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each, having generally a trochee in the first and the fourth foot, and an amphimacer in the third; -- applied also to a regul…

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  1. n. A species of hexameter verse so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each, having generally a trochee in the first and the fourth foot, and an amphimacer in the third; -- applied also to a regular hexameter verse when so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each.
  2. A species of hexameter verse so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each, having generally a trochee in the first and the fourth foot, and an amphimacer in the third; -- applied also to a regular hexameter verse when so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each. Andrews.
  3. A species of hexameter verse so constructed as to be divisibleinto two portions of three feet each, having generally a trochee inthe first and the fourth foot, and an amphimacer in the third; --applied also to a regular hexameter verse when so constructed as tobe divisible into two portions of three feet each. Andrews.