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  • 111Axminster carpet — /aks min steuhr/ a machine made carpet having a cut pile and an intricate design of many colors. [1810 20; named after town in SW England where manufactured] * * * Floor covering produced in a factory founded at Axminster, England, in 1755 by the …

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  • 112Moscow — /mos koh/ or, for 1, 2, / kow/, n. 1. Russian, Moskva. a city in and the capital of the Russian Federation, in the W part: capital of the former Soviet Union. 8,967,000. 2. Also called Grand Duchy of Moscow. Muscovy (def. 1). 3. a city in W Idaho …

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  • 113Arbroath —    ARBROATH, or Aberbrothock, a thriving seaport, burgh, and parish, in the county of Forfar, 15 miles (S. E. by E.) from Forfar, and 58 (N. N. E.) from Edinburgh; containing, with the late quoad sacra parish of Abbey, and part of that of Lady… …

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  • 114Dysart —    DYSART, a burgh, seaport town, and parish, in the district of Kirkcaldy, county of Fife; including the villages of Boreland and Gallatown, the late quoad sacra parish of Pathhead, and part of that of Thornton; and containing 7591 inhabitants,… …

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  • 115Logie-Pert —    LOGIE PERT, a parish, in the county of Forfar, 5 miles (N. W.) from Montrose; containing, with the villages of Craigo, Logie, and Muirside, 1560 inhabitants. This parish was formerly called Logie Montrose; but, upon the annexation to it of the …

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  • 116canvas — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sail, tarpaulin, tent; circus; painting. See covering, ship. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A coarse cloth] Syn. tenting, awning cloth, sailcloth, duck, coarse cloth, drill; see also cloth . 2. [Anything made …

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  • 117Byssus — The word Byssus has two related meanings, and one rather different one, according to the context:IN BIOLOGY: The s created by numerous different kinds of marine and freshwater bivalve mollusks, by which they can attach themselves to hard… …

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  • 118Linoleum — For other uses, see Linoleum (disambiguation). Linoleum from around the 1950s Linoleum (informally abbreviated to lino) is a floor covering made from renewable materials such as solidified linseed oil (linoxyn), pine rosin, ground cork dust, wood …

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  • 1191300-1400 in fashion — Fashion in fourteenth century Europe was marked by the beginning of a period of experimentation with different forms of clothing. Costume historian James Laver suggests that the mid 14th century marks the emergence of recognizable fashion in… …

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  • 120Port of Hull — Coordinates: 53°44′17″N 0°19′55″W / 53.738°N 0.332°W / 53.738; 0.332 …

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