The Columbian Cyclopedia, Volume 30Garretson, Cox, 1897 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... length , and , when erect , at least 30 ft . in height . It doubtless lived upon the foliage of the mountain forests . ' TIT - BIT , or TID BIT : see under TID 1 . TITE , tīt , Sir WILLIAM , C.B. , F.R.S. , F.S.A .: English architect ...
... length , and , when erect , at least 30 ft . in height . It doubtless lived upon the foliage of the mountain forests . ' TIT - BIT , or TID BIT : see under TID 1 . TITE , tīt , Sir WILLIAM , C.B. , F.R.S. , F.S.A .: English architect ...
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... length Charlemagne by his capitularies formally estab- lished the practice within those portions of the ancient Roman empire to which his legislation extended . From this and other sources , the payment of a tenth to the church extended ...
... length Charlemagne by his capitularies formally estab- lished the practice within those portions of the ancient Roman empire to which his legislation extended . From this and other sources , the payment of a tenth to the church extended ...
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... length are to be removed . Some growers break toe tops lower than this , and remove also some of the leaves nearest the ground . When the shoots , called suckers , ' which start from the axils of the higher leaves , reach a length of 3 ...
... length are to be removed . Some growers break toe tops lower than this , and remove also some of the leaves nearest the ground . When the shoots , called suckers , ' which start from the axils of the higher leaves , reach a length of 3 ...
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... length , which are laid across each other equally , and are then pressed into cakes . When the sticks are pulled apart , the rounded depressions caused by press- ing them into one another give them a slight resemblance to the wavy locks ...
... length , which are laid across each other equally , and are then pressed into cakes . When the sticks are pulled apart , the rounded depressions caused by press- ing them into one another give them a slight resemblance to the wavy locks ...
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... length , equal to 1 · 94903659 metres , or 6 · 3946 Eng . feet . TOKAT , tō - káť : decayed town of Turkey in Asia , w . of Trebizond , 60 m . from the s . shore of the Black Sea ; at the mouth of a defile , on the banks of a small ...
... length , equal to 1 · 94903659 metres , or 6 · 3946 Eng . feet . TOKAT , tō - káť : decayed town of Turkey in Asia , w . of Trebizond , 60 m . from the s . shore of the Black Sea ; at the mouth of a defile , on the banks of a small ...
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