FILLIBEG
\fˈɪla͡ɪbəɡ], \fˈɪlaɪbəɡ], \f_ˈɪ_l_aɪ_b_ə_ɡ]\
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By Noah Webster.
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PHILIBEG, fil'i-beg, n. the kilt, the dress or petticoat reaching nearly to the knees, worn by the Highlanders of Scotland. [Gael. feileadhbeag--feileadh, plait, fold, beag, little.]
By Thomas Davidson
By Henry Percy Smith
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
- mixed-function oxygenase that catalyzes hydroxylation prolyl-glycyl-containing-peptide, usually in protocollagen, hydroxyprolylglycyl-peptide. The enzyme utilizes molecular oxygen with a concomitant oxidative decarboxylation of 2-oxoglutarate to succinate. EC 1.14.11.2.