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  • 81bastinado — I. noun or bastinade (plural nadoes or nades) Etymology: Spanish bastonada, from bastón stick, from Late Latin bastum Date: 1572 1. a blow with a stick or cudgel 2. a. a beating especially with a stick b …

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  • 82Hercules — This article is about the Roman mythological hero. For the Greek mythic hero from which Hercules was adapted, see Heracles. For other uses, see Hercules (disambiguation). Gilded bronze Roman Hercules of the Theatre of Pompey , found near the… …

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  • 83Kurgan — ( ru. курган) is the Russian word (of Turkic origin [specifically of Tatar original according to the OED. TDK Dictionary: [http://www.tdk.gov.tr/TR/SozBul.aspx?F6E10F8892433CFFAAF6AA849816B2EF05A79F75456518CA Kelime=kurgan Kurgan] ; The word… …

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  • 84Ruyi Jingu Bang — (Chinese: 如意金箍棒; Pinyin: Rúyì Jīngū Bàng, literally meaning Ideal Golden bound Cudgel ), or simply as Ruyi Bang or Jingu Bang, is the poetic name of a magical weapon wielded by the Monkey King in the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West.… …

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  • 85War against Sigismund — The war against Sigismund was a war between Duke Charles, later King Charles IX and Sigismund, King of Sweden and Poland. It lasted 1598 1599 and is also called The War of Deposition against Sigismund, since the focus of the conflicts was the… …

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  • 86The Adventure of the Abbey Grange — The Adventure of the Abbey Grange, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes .ynopsisHolmes wakes Dr. Watson up early …

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  • 87List of Spanish words of Celtic origin — This is a list of Spanish words of Celtic origin. It is further divided into words that are known (or thought) to have come from Gaulish and those that have come from an undetermined Celtic source. Some of these words existed in Latin as… …

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  • 88Dixie Stakes — Grade II race Dixie Stakes The Dungannon Bowl, a 1955 replica of the original Annapolis Subscription Plate, awarded to the winner of the annual Dixie Stakes Location Pimlico Race Course …

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  • 89Bai Gu Jing — (zh t|白骨精, means a white bone demon ) is a yaoguai from Journey to the West . PlotThe four travelers have entered another dangerous region. Sun wu kong leaves to scout around the area, but puts Sanzang and the other two disciples inside a magic… …

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  • 90Eighteen Arms of Wushu — The Eighteen Arms (zh c|c=十八般兵器) is a list of the eighteen main weapons of chinese martial arts. The origin of the list is unclear and there have been disputes with regards to what the eighteen weapons actually are. However, all lists contain at… …

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