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coarse of countenance and large of nose
Here he was brought face to face with a man of middle height, red and coarse of countenance and large of nose, who stood fully armed in the centre of the chamber.
— from The Tavern Knight by Rafael Sabatini

consist of concentric alternate layers of network
Those of the Acrocladia mamillata consist of concentric alternate layers of network and sheaths of pillars; so that a section of the 181 spine perpendicular to its axis exhibits a succession of concentric rings like those of an exogenous tree.
— from On Molecular and Microscopic Science, Volume 2 (of 2) by Mary Somerville

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