1) Adventure board game 2) Amulet 3) Charm 4) Fantasy board game 5) Fantasy Flight Games game 6) French word used in English 7) Games Workshop game 8) Good luck charm 9) It works like a charm 10) Lucky charm 11) Magic charm 12) Mobile game 13) Protective charm 14) Protective or magical object 15) Windows game
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1) Amulet 2) Charm 3) Fetish 4) Greegree 5) Grigri 6) Lucky charm 7) Mascot
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A talisman is an object which is believed to contain certain magical or sacramental properties which would provide good luck for the possessor or possibly offer protection from evil or harm. Amulets and talismans are often considered interchangeable despite their differences. For example, the amulet is an object with natural magical properties, wh...
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[video game] Talisman, a board game by Games Workshop, has been attempted to be made into a video game several times since its introduction in 1983. One was actually released, one attempt was abandoned, an unauthorized version was removed and a fourth is currently in development. ==Versions== The first was a 1985 ZX Spectrum game. It was de...
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[ship] Talismán was a ship transport of the Peruvian Navy built in Glasgow. During the War of the Pacific (1879–1883) Talismán was one of several ships that supplied Peru with war materiel that arrived from the United States, Europe and Costa Rica to Panamá. ...
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• (n.) A magical figure cut or engraved under certain superstitious observances of the configuration of the heavens, to which wonderful effects are ascribed; the seal, figure, character, or image, of a heavenly sign, constellation, or planet, engraved on a sympathetic stone, or on a metal corresponding to the star, in order to receive its infl...
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(from the article `medicine, history of`) ...to Cairo, where the law was more lenient and where he acquired a reputation so high that he became physician to Saladin, the Saracen leader. (He ...
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object bearing a sign or engraved character and thought to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune. See amulet.[1 related articles]
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transfer account lodgement for investors, stock management for market-makers (UK, equities settlement system)
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The computerised settlement system used by the Exchange until April 1997, which acted as a central clearing house for transactions in equities (see CREST).
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Object intended to protect the wearer from harm magically. Usually it is an
amulet inscribed with letters or symbols believed to have occult power, or signs of certain stars. In many cultures,...
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Origin: Sp, from Ar. Tilism, tilsam, a magical image, pl. Tilsaman, fr. Gr. Tribute, tax, LGr, an initiation, incantation, from to complete, perform, to play taxes, to make perfect, to initiate, especially in the mysteries, fr. Completion, end. ... 1. A magical figure cut or engraved under certain superstitious observances of the configuration of t...
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The old stock exchange computerised settlement system which was replaced by CREST.
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Tal'is·man noun ;
plural Talismans . [ Spanish , from Arabic
tilism ,
tilsam , a magical image, plural
tilsamān , from Greek ... tribute, tax, LGr., an initiation, incantation, from ... to complete, perform, to play taxes, to make perfect, to initiate, especia...
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HMS Talisman was a British Triton Class patrol type submarine of 1090 tons displacement built by Cammell Laird and launched in 1939 and sunk during the Second World War. She was armed with one 4-inch gun; two smaller guns and ten 21-inch torpedo tubes. She had a top speed of 15.25 knots surfaced and 9 knots submerged and carried a complement of 53....
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A symbolic game object of great power and influence. For example, the sword Excalibur, which only Arthur could pull from the stone. Or the scar on Harry Potter's forehead.
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[The Tempest] anything thought to have magic power; a charm.
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From the Greek telesma; a talisman was a medal-like piece of metal in the Middle Ages, which was seen as possessing supernatural powers - a charm for protection, for example. The term was extended to include everything bringing good luck or protection, like a mascot in a car. It is advisable not to rely too heavily on this, however.
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[SAT terms] a trinket thought to be a magical protection against evil
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