(The). In fortification, the general height to which the defensive masses of earth are raised. The directions in which the masses are laid out are called the tracings. Source: Dictionary…
Of high aristocratic descent. The words are French, and mean blue blood, but the notion is Spanish. The old families of Spain who trace their pedigree beyond the time of the Moorish…
(2 syl.). A border round a shield in heraldry. The origin of the tressure in the royal arms of Scotland is traced by heralds to the ninth century. They assert that Charlemagne granted it…
or Bohemian Brethren. A religious community tracing its origin from John Huss, expelled by persecution from Bohemia and Moravia in the eighteenth century. They are often called The United…
etc. Dancing round the May-pole on May-day, “going a-Maying,” electing a May-queen, and lighting bonfires, are all remnants of Sun-worship, and may be traced to the most ancient times.…
A province of Abyssinia (Africa). Captain Speke traced it to Lake Victoria Nyanza, near the Mountains of the Moon (1861). The swelling Nile. From his two springs in Gojam's sunny realm,…
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AbstractThe essays written by A [Maryland] Farmer were printed in the Maryland Gazette during February, March, and April of 1788. While no direct evidence of authorship has been found, it…
