STATIONERS' HALL
\stˈe͡ɪʃənəz hˈɔːl], \stˈeɪʃənəz hˈɔːl], \s_t_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n_ə_z h_ˈɔː_l]\
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The hall of the Stationers Company, which was formed into a guild early in the fifteenth century. The present duties of the company are chiefly to enter the titles of all new publications on their books, and to register assignments of copyrights.
By Henry Percy Smith
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.