leyden

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Definition of leyden

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name

(alt-of, archaic)Archaic spelling of Leiden: a city in South Holland, Netherlands.

“When I left Mr. Bates, I went down to my Father; where, by the Aſſiſtance of him and my Uncle John, and ſome other Relations, I got forty Pounds, and a Promiſe of thirty Pounds a year to maintain me at Leyden: there I ſtudied Phyſick two years and ſeven months, knowing it would be uſeful in long Voyages.”

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name

(alt-of, archaic)Archaic spelling of Leiden: a city in South Holland, Netherlands.

“When I left Mr. Bates, I went down to my Father; where, by the Aſſiſtance of him and my Uncle John, and ſome other Relations, I got forty Pounds, and a Promiſe of thirty Pounds a year to maintain me at Leyden: there I ſtudied Phyſick two years and ſeven months, knowing it would be uſeful in long Voyages.”
An unincorporated community near Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado, United States.
A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States.
A town in Lewis County, New York, United States.
An unincorporated community in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States.
A surname.

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