Crossword-Solution: WAMPUMPEAG
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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Sentences with WAMPUMPEAG (5)
Wampumpeag and roanoke.+ On the Atlantic coast shell money was made on Long Island Sound and at Narragansett from the shell of the round clam, in two colors, white and purple, the latter from the dark spot in the shell.
They were called wampumpeag, were sewed on deer or other fine skins, and the belts thus made were used to emphasize points in negotiation or in treaties, or in speeches.
The _wampumpeag_ of the North American Indians is a case in point, as it certainly served as jewellery.
The Narragansetts not only coined money (wampumpeag), but manufactured pendants and bracelets,--using shells, we presume, for these purposes.
The natives used both these shells to manufacture their wampum, or wampumpeag, the delicate inner wreath of the periwinkle being preferred.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1987).