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(Encyclopedia) Huggins, Miller James, 1878–1929, American baseball player and manager, b. Cincinnati. The diminutive “Mighty Mite” was a scrappy second baseman for the Cincinnati Reds (1904–9) and St. Louis ...

(Encyclopedia) Mahlon māˈlən [key], in the Bible, Ruth's husband. ...

(Encyclopedia) Chilion kĭlˈyŏn [key], in the Bible, Ruth's brother-in-law. ...

(Encyclopedia) Bonds, Barry Lamar, 1964–, American baseball player, b. Riverside, Calif. Bonds grew up surrounded by baseball; his father, Bobby Bonds, was a San Francisco Giants outfielder (1968–74), and the gr...

(Encyclopedia) Orpah ôrˈpə [key], in the Bible, sister-in-law of Ruth. ...

(Encyclopedia) Naomi nāōˈmē, –mī, nāˈō– [key], in the Bible, Ruth's mother-in-law. ...

(Encyclopedia) Franklin, river: see Gordon, river. ...

(Encyclopedia) Boaz bōˈăz [key], in the Bible, Ruth's husband, ancestor of David. The spelling in the New Testament is Booz. ...

(Encyclopedia) Byron, George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron bīˈrən [key], 1788–1824, English poet and satirist. Ranked with Shelley and Keats as one of the great Romantic poets, Byron became famous throughout E...

(Encyclopedia) Jesse jĕsˈē [key], in the Bible, the descendant of Rahab, the grandson of Boaz and Ruth, and the father of David. Referring to the restoration of the Davidic monarchy, the Book of Isaiah speaks of ...