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101Window shutter hardware — Window Shutter Hardware> Overview A series of documents are provided here to further explain terms and terminology related to shutter hardware and blacksmithing, as well as the evolution of early hardware.A Brief History of Early Hardware In its… …
102Eliza Anderson (sidewheeler) — The steamship Eliza Anderson operated from 1858 to 1898 mainly on Puget Sound, the Strait of Georgia, and the Fraser River but also for short periods in Alaska.Newell, Gordon R., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest , at 14,… …
103lead — lead1 /leed/, v., led, leading, n., adj. v.t. 1. to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross country hike. 2. to conduct by holding and guiding: to lead a horse by a rope. 3. to influence or induce; cause:… …
104Blanchard, Jean-Pierre-François — born July 4, 1753, Les Andelys, France died March 7, 1809, Paris French balloonist. In 1785 he made the first aerial crossing of the English Channel, accompanied by John Jeffries, a U.S. doctor. He invented a parachute in 1785. His balloon… …
105Adjuration — • An urgent demand made upon another to do something, or to desist from doing something, which is rendered more solemn by coupling with it the name of God Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Adjuration Adjuration …
106R v Dudley and Stephens — Sketch of the Mignonette by Tom Dudley Court High Court of Justice (Queen s Bench Division) Full case name Her Majesty The Queen v. Tom Dudley and Edwin Stephens …
107cold — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. iciness; ailment, flu. adj. chilling (see cold); unheated; unresponsive, indifferent, unenthusiastic. See cold, disease, insensibility. II Condition of low temperature Nouns 1. cold, coldness,… …
108throw — throw, cast, fling, hurl, pitch, toss, sling can all mean to cause to move swiftly forward, sideways, upward, or downward by a propulsive movement (as of the arm) or by means of a propelling instrument or agency. Throw, the general word, is often …
109hurtle — v 1. rush, rush headlong, cascade, plunge, tumble; tear, Inf. go hellbent for leather, Inf. go lick ety split, stir up a duststorm; scramble, Inf. make tracks, Inf. zip, steam, Inf. beat feet, scurry, hustle; hie, hasten, go in haste, hurry,… …
110launch — v 1. set afloat, float; send off or forth, send, push off; move, actuate, set in motion, set going; propel, impel, push, shove, thrust; spur, prod, prick, goad, poke, urge or drive forward. 2. begin, commence, start, go ahead; embark, set sail,… …
