The Columbian Cyclopedia, Volume 30Garretson, Cox, 1897 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... Army . United States Navy Utah Vanadium ... verb Virginia ... variant [ word ] V .. Va .. var . var ........ Ven . Venet .. vet .... v . i . or variety of [ species ] Venerable Venetian ... veterinary v . intr .... verb intransitive vil ...
... Army . United States Navy Utah Vanadium ... verb Virginia ... variant [ word ] V .. Va .. var . var ........ Ven . Venet .. vet .... v . i . or variety of [ species ] Venerable Venetian ... veterinary v . intr .... verb intransitive vil ...
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... army of 300 regulars posed for the next day and 500 militiamen were sound asleep , the Indians sud- denly attacked the camp at 4 o'clock in the morning . A desperate fight ensued , lasting till daylight ; and the In- dians were finally ...
... army of 300 regulars posed for the next day and 500 militiamen were sound asleep , the Indians sud- denly attacked the camp at 4 o'clock in the morning . A desperate fight ensued , lasting till daylight ; and the In- dians were finally ...
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... he was crowned with little ceremony , returning at once to the head of his army , which was then engaged with the British near Arcot . In 1783 he captured and put to death most of the TIPSTAFF TIRABOSCHI . garrison of Bednore ; but when ...
... he was crowned with little ceremony , returning at once to the head of his army , which was then engaged with the British near Arcot . In 1783 he captured and put to death most of the TIPSTAFF TIRABOSCHI . garrison of Bednore ; but when ...
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... army , put in front to annoy the enemy ; a skirmisher . TIRE , n . tir [ an abbreviation of ATTIRE , which see ] : in OE . , a head - dress ; attire ; furniture ; apparatus : V. in ŎE . , to dress the head by doing up the hair ; adorn ...
... army , put in front to annoy the enemy ; a skirmisher . TIRE , n . tir [ an abbreviation of ATTIRE , which see ] : in OE . , a head - dress ; attire ; furniture ; apparatus : V. in ŎE . , to dress the head by doing up the hair ; adorn ...
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... entered the College of Engineers at St. Petersburg . He was sec- ond - capt . in the engineer corps when the Russian army entered the Danubian Principalities 1853 , and served in TODMORDEN - TOE . the campaign of the Danube under.
... entered the College of Engineers at St. Petersburg . He was sec- ond - capt . in the engineer corps when the Russian army entered the Danubian Principalities 1853 , and served in TODMORDEN - TOE . the campaign of the Danube under.
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