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11Miring — Mire Mire, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mired} (m[imac]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Miring}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: To stick or entangle; to… …
12Albert Kesselring — Infobox Military Person name=Albert Kesselring born=birth date|1885|11|30|df=y died=death date and age|1960|7|16|1885|11|30|df=y placeofbirth=Marktsteft, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire placeofdeath=Bad Nauheim, West Germany caption=Albert… …
13Opportunism — Opportunity Seized, Opportunity Missed. Engraving by Theodoor Galle, 1605. Contents 1 General definition …
14Trier witch trials — The Witch trials of Trier in Germany in the years from 1581 to 1593 was the perhaps biggest witch trial in Europe. The persecutions started in the diocese of Trier in 1581 and reached the city itself in 1587, where it was to lead to the death of… …
15sooty — sootily, adv. sootiness, n. /soot ee, sooh tee/, adj., sootier, sootiest. 1. covered, blackened, or smirched with soot. 2. consisting of or resembling soot. 3. of a black, blackish, or dusky color. [1200 50; ME; see SOOT, Y1] * * * …
16Suppression of English Monasteries Under Henry VIII — Suppression of English Monasteries under Henry VIII † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Suppression of English Monasteries under Henry VIII From any point of view the destruction of the English monasteries by Henry VIII must be regarded as one… …
17unsmirched — adjective Not having been smirched; unbesmirched …
18Sir Curtis Lampson, 1st Baronet — Sir Curtis Miranda Lampson, 1st Baronet (21 September 1806 12 March 1885), was an Anglo American fur merchant, best remembered for his promotion of the transatlantic telegraph cable. Born New Haven, Vermont, to American Revolutionary Soldier,… …
19tainted — I (contaminated) adjective adulterated, befouled, blighted, defiled, dirtied, dirty, diseased, envenomed, foul, impaired, impure, infected, noxious, poisoned, polluted, putrefied, putrid, rancid, rotten, smirched, soiled, spoiled, stained,… …
20bedraggled — Synonyms and related words: beat up, befouled, besmirched, blowzy, careless, chintzy, decrepit, defiled, dilapidated, dirtied, dirty, down at heel, drabbled, drabbletailed, draggled, draggletailed, drenched, faded, fouled, frowzy, frumpish,… …
