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  • 51Sir Thomas Miller, 6th Baronet — Sir Thomas Combe Miller, 6th Baronet (1781 ndash;29 June 1864), was an English clergyman and landowner.The second but eldest surviving son of Sir Thomas Miller, 5th Baronet, Miller became a Church of England priest and Vicar of Froyle, Hampshire …

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  • 52espalier — /i spal yeuhr, yay/, n. 1. a trellis or framework on which the trunk and branches of fruit trees or shrubs are trained to grow in one plane. 2. a plant so trained. v.t. 3. to train on an espalier. 4. to furnish with an espalier. [1655 65; < F, MF …

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  • 53wren — /ren/, n. 1. any of numerous small, active songbirds of the family Troglodytidae, esp. Troglodytes troglodytes, of the Northern Hemisphere, having dark brown plumage barred with black and a short, upright tail. Cf. house wren, marsh wren, rock&#8230; …

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  • 54Wren — /ren/, n. 1. Sir Christopher, 1632 1723, English architect. 2. Percival Christopher, 1885 1941, English novelist. /ren/, n. (sometimes l.c.) Chiefly Brit. Informal. a member of the Wrens. [1915 20] * * * Any of 59 species (family Troglodytidae)&#8230; …

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  • 55Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. — Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Location Memphis, Tennessee Date …

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  • 56brush — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. thicket, scrub, shrubbery; broom. v. sweep; graze. See cleanness, roughness, touch, painting, contention. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A brushing instrument] Common types of brushes include: bristle, fiber …

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  • 57bhreus-3, bhrū̆ s- —     bhreus 3, bhrū̆ s     English meaning: to boil; to sound, etc.     Deutsche Übersetzung: “brausen, wallen, rauschen, hervorquellen or sprießen, sich bauschen, Bũschel, Gestrũpp under likewise”     Note: esp. in Gmc. words; perhaps to bhreu&#8230; …

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  • 58kam-p- —     kam p     English meaning: to bend     Deutsche Übersetzung: “biegen”     Material: O.Ind. kapanü “worm, caterpillar, inchworm” (*km̥penü), kampate “trembles”, if originally “ writhes, curves “ (doubtful); ablaut. kumpa (uncovered) “ lahm&#8230; …

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  • 59Accentor modularis — Hedge Hedge, n. [OE. hegge, AS. hecg; akin to haga an inclosure, E. haw, AS. hege hedge, E. haybote, D. hegge, OHG. hegga, G. hecke. [root]12. See {Haw} a hedge.] A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a&#8230; …

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  • 60Bosket — Bos ket, Bosquet Bos quet, n. [F. bosquet a little wood, dim. fr. LL. boscus. See {Boscage}, and cf. {Bouquet}.] (Gardening) A grove; a thicket; shrubbery; an inclosure formed by branches of trees, regularly or irregularly disposed. [1913&#8230; …

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