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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  aeolic \ae*ol"ic\ ([-e]*[o^]l"[i^]k), a. [L. Aeolicus; Gr.
     A'ioliko`s, name of the god of the winds.]
     1. [AE]olian, 1; as, the [AE]olic dialect; the [AE]olic mode.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Phys. Geog.) Pertaining to, caused by, or designating,


        the action of the wind in modifying the earth's surface;
        as, [ae]olic erosion; [ae]olic sand. Same as {aeolian[3]}.
        [Written also {eolic}.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aeolic \Aeolic\ n.
     1. 1 the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and
        Boeotia and Aeolis.
  
     Syn: Eolic
          [WordNet 1.5] AEolipile

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Aeolic
       n : the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia
           and Aeolis [syn: {Eolic}]

















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