These 11 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Contorted Strata, Contraband of War, Contract Labor Law.
in geology, beds which are highly folded, plicated, twisted-the folds being extremely irregular, and giving rise to rapid changes in the direction and angle of inclination. Contorted strata are frequently crumpled and puckered the fossils and pebbles which they may chance to contain being compressed, flattened, and distorted-facts which show that the beds have been subjected to great crushing and squeezing.
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articles carried by neutrals in vessels or otherwise for the assistance of an enemy in waging war. The term embraces arms, ammunition, materials for manufacturing gunpowder, armed vessels, coal for warships, provisions and money intended for the military forces, and all supplies of warlike stores or any articles required for the prosecution of the war. Articles which are not ordinarily contraband are also liable to confiscation if they belong to the owner of the contraband and are mingled with the same in the same vehicle of conveyance or in the same packages. Where a blockade of a port is declared and successfully maintained, all articles of value become practically contraband in that they are liable to seizure and confiscation if the attempt is made to carry them into the blockaded port. According to international law, these are liable to seizure and to confiscation by order of a prize court. No recompense is made to the neutral except in the case of provisions. During the World War all the maritime powers declared contraband or conditionally contraband provisions and goods too numerous to mention. The sinking of the "W. B. Frye," laden with grain for London, called forth a protest from the United States Government, and Germany promised compensation. When Germany declared a submarine warfare on commerce, all previous laws relating to contraband were disregarded.
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an Act of Congress, passed Feb. 26, 1885, and several times amended. Previous to the passage of this law it had been the practice of large manufacturers to recruit cheap labor in the poorer countries of Europe, even to the extent of paying for the transportation of immigrant workers and their families, this charge being later subtracted from their earnings. At first the courts interpreted the provisions of the law as applying only to unskilled labor, but on March 3, 1903, the law was amended, so that it now includes skilled workers as well. Infraction of this law now bears with it a penalty of $1,000 fine for each immigrant brought into the country illegally by manufacturers or their agents, and a fine of $500 and six months' imprisonment for the master of a ship who knowingly carries immigrants contrary to the law.
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in music, the highest voice of a male adult, or the lowest of a woman or a boy; called also the Alto, or, when possessed by a man, Countertenor. It is next below the treble and above the tenor, its easy range being from tenor G to treble C.
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A crown wheel. A wheel whose teeth are set at right angles to its plane and used ordinarily as a gear wheel for transmitting power from one shaft to another, standing at right angles to it. The escape wheel of the verge escapement.
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LINES OF, in military language, language, a chain of works round a besieged place to resist the sorties of the garrison.
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a bruise or injury of the soft parts of the body, without breach of surface. If the skin be broken, is called a contused wound. See BRUISE. the injury
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a puzzling query, the answer to which involves a turn of wit, usually a pun. A conundrum proposes usually the discovery of a resemblance between things quite unlike, or the discovery of some odd difference between similar things. Q. Why is a blind beggar ungrateful? A. Because he would be glad to see the giver hanged. Q. How may a husband be made tender? A. By roasting. Q. Why do white sheep produce more wool than black ones? A. Because there are more of them. Q. Why does a duck take to the water? A. For divers reasons. Q. What state is round at each end and high in the middle? A. Ohio. Q. When is charity like a top? A. When it begins to hum. Q. What drums are never beat? A. These conundrums.
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Important: Safety Warning This page prescribes plants as medicine according to pre-modern medical theory. Several of the plants named are toxic, correct identification is difficult, and the doses given have no scientific basis. Do not ingest or apply any preparation described here. In addition, this page presents medical treatment from an era before modern medicine. The remedies described are ineffective against the conditions named, and some of the ingredients or doses are harmful. Do not use them to treat any illness; consult a qualified medical professional. This information has been left in for historical purposes but should not be acted upon. a genus of plants, order Liliaceæ, tribe Asparageæ. The C. majalis is the sweet-scented Lily of the Valley. It is found in woods and coppices, especially in a light soil. There are a red-flowered and a double variety in gardens. C. majalis is a valuable cardiac tonic, administered in form of fluid extract or tincture. It has, to a considerable extent, superseded digitalis purpurea for heart disease, it being free. to a large degree, from many objections to which digitalis is obnoxious.
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from having been originally the garden of the Abbot of Westminster, is a spacious square in London, celebrated for a great market held within it of fruit, vegetables, and flowers. The square was formed about 1631 from the designs of Inigo Jones. In the 17th century Covent Garden was a very fashionable quarter of the town. The market, now so famous, appears to have originated about 1656 in a few wooden sheds and stalls. It was long the property of the noble House of Bedford, but in 1913 the Duke of Bedford sold the property. London's most famous opera house, the Covent Garden Theater, is located there.
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a small gathering for religious worship. The word was applied to the schools of Wycliffe. Afterward it was used of Dissenters from the Establishment in Queen Elizabeth's time, but it did not come into great prominence till the passing of the Uniformity Act in 1662.
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