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  • 1Stony — Ston y, a. [Compar. {Stonier}; superl. {Stoniest}.] [AS. st[=a]nig. See {Stone}.] 1. Of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in, stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony crust …

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  • 2Stony coral — Stony Ston y, a. [Compar. {Stonier}; superl. {Stoniest}.] [AS. st[=a]nig. See {Stone}.] 1. Of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in, stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony… …

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  • 3Stonier — Stony Ston y, a. [Compar. {Stonier}; superl. {Stoniest}.] [AS. st[=a]nig. See {Stone}.] 1. Of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in, stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony… …

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  • 4Stoniest — Stony Ston y, a. [Compar. {Stonier}; superl. {Stoniest}.] [AS. st[=a]nig. See {Stone}.] 1. Of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in, stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony… …

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  • 5John Thwaites (British politician) — Sir John Thwaites (24 May 1815 8 August 1870) was a British politician who was the first Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works and therefore the first Leader of local government in London.BackgroundThwaites was a native of Maulds Meaburn,… …

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  • 6heads —    These make fine trophies; they are easy to preserve and mount, and convey well the characteristics of the living animal. A skull, especially of a horned or antlered beast, is equally impressive. Finest of all is the head or skull of a human… …

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  • 7Bibliography —    ■ Abrahams, Roger D., Jump Rope Rhymes: A Dictionary (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1969).    ■ and Rankin, Lois, Counting Out Rhymes: A Dictionary (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1980).    ■ Ackerman, Robert, J. G. Frazer: His Life… …

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  • 8The Second Coming (poem) — The Second Coming is a poem by William Butler Yeats first printed in The Dial (November 1920) and afterwards included in his 1921 verse collection Michael Robartes and the Dancer . The poem uses religious symbolism to illustrate Yeats anguish… …

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  • 9fall — fall1 W1S1 [fo:l US fo:l] v past tense fell [fel] past participle fallen [ˈfo:lən US ˈfo:l ] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move downwards)¦ 2¦(stop standing/walking etc)¦ 3¦(decrease)¦ 4¦(become)¦ 5¦(belong to a group)¦ 6 fall short of something 7 fall victim/prey… …

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  • 10granitic — adjective 1. showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings his flinty gaze the child s misery would move even the most obdurate heart • Syn: ↑flinty, ↑flint, ↑obdurate, ↑stony • Similar to: ↑ …

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