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  • 111Tower bastion — Tower Tow er, n. [OE. tour,tor,tur, F. tour, L. turris; akin to Gr. ?; cf. W. twr a tower, Ir. tor a castle, Gael. torr a tower, castle. Cf. {Tor}, {Turret}.] 1. (Arch.) (a) A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its …

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  • 112Tower mustard — Tower Tow er, n. [OE. tour,tor,tur, F. tour, L. turris; akin to Gr. ?; cf. W. twr a tower, Ir. tor a castle, Gael. torr a tower, castle. Cf. {Tor}, {Turret}.] 1. (Arch.) (a) A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its …

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  • 113Tower of London — Tower Tow er, n. [OE. tour,tor,tur, F. tour, L. turris; akin to Gr. ?; cf. W. twr a tower, Ir. tor a castle, Gael. torr a tower, castle. Cf. {Tor}, {Turret}.] 1. (Arch.) (a) A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its …

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  • 114Turban — Tur ban, n. [OE. turband, turbant, tolibant, F. turban, It. turbante, Turk. tulbend, dulbend, fr. Per. dulband. Cf. {Tulip}.] 1. A headdress worn by men in the Levant and by most Mohammedans of the male sex, consisting of a cap, and a sash, scarf …

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  • 115turban — noun Etymology: Middle French turbant, from Italian turbante, from Turkish tülbent, from Persian dulband Date: 1588 1. a headdress worn chiefly in countries of the eastern Mediterranean and southern Asia especially by Muslims and made of a cap… …

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  • 116miter — I. noun or mitre Etymology: Middle English mitre, from Anglo French, from Latin mitra headband, turban, from Greek Date: 14th century 1. a liturgical headdress worn by bishops and abbots 2. [perhaps from miter headdress] a. a surface forming the… …

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  • 117veil — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French veil, veille, from Latin vela, plural of velum sail, awning, curtain Date: 13th century 1. a. a length of cloth worn by women as a covering for the head and shoulders and often especially in… …

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  • 118Crete — See also: Crete (disambiguation) Crete Κρήτη The Minoan Palace at Knossos Geography …

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  • 119French Foreign Legion — Infobox Military Unit unit name=French Foreign Legion caption=The Legion emblem. dates=10 March 1831 present country=FRA branch=French Army type= role= size= c. 7,700 men in nine regiments and one sub unit current commander= Brigade General Louis …

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  • 120Hasidic Judaism — Hasidic Jews praying in the synagogue on Yom Kippur, by Maurycy Gottlieb Part of a se …

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