These 14 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Coquilla Nut, Coracle, Coral Fishes.
the seed of the piassava or piacaba palm, one of the cocoanut group, a native of Brazil. The nuts are 3 or 4 inches long, oval, of a rich brown color and very hard, and are used in turnery for making umbrella handles, etc.
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an Irish or Welsh name applied to boats used by the native fishermen. A coracle consists of a wicker or basketlike frame, which in former times was covered by the skin of an animal. This was the kind of boat found in use by Caesar when he invaded Great Britain . It is usually oval in form, and has the advantage of being very light. Although it will carry but one person, it is transported easily from one body of water to another. It is, in this respect, at least, to be compared with the birch bark canoe of the Northwest. The Mandan Dakotas navigated the Missouri in coracles covered with green buffalo hides. See Boat
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a name given to several fishes of different genera, belonging to the Chatodontida. They are found in all tropical seas, especially about coral reefs, and are all brilliantly colored. The most important is the holocanthus imperator, the "emperor of Japan," which measures about 15 inches in length, and is the most esteemed of all the Indo-Pacific fishes.
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a form of bracket used in Gothic architecture for the purpose of supporting the ends of timbers, arches, parapets, etc. It consists of a project ing block of stone, usually carved and having a receding face.
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RICHARD, an English poet; born in Surrey, in 1582. A noted ecclesiastic of a jovial nature, he wrote a "Journey to France" and a "Farewell He to the Fairies," and other verse. died in Norwich, July 28, 1835.
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A magic castle of the Arthurian legend, in which it is said the Holy Grail was kept. It was guarded by two lions. Lancelot tries to enter it by his own strength, ininstead of leaning on his Creator, and as a result is struck dumb by a fiery wind. In this state he remains for fourteen days without food or drink.
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in architecture, steps into which the sides of gables from the eaves to the apex are broken. They are common in old Scotch architecture.
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HENRY CLARK, an American military officer; born in Clermont co., O., Sept. 15, 1842. He was educated in the common school, studied law, and entered the Union army in 1862 as lieutenant of volunteers rising for gallantry to brevet rank of Brigadier-General. Entering the regular army as lieutenant in 1866, he rose to be Adjutant-General in 1898 with rank of Brigadier-General; was appointed a Major- General of volunteers, and promoted to Major-General, U. S. A., in 1899. He died Sept. 8, 1909.
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JOHN, an American writer, born in Chicago in 1870. He graduated from Harvard in 1892 and took postgraduate courses in Oxford. He was successively editor of "Harper's Magazine," dramatic critic of " "Harper's Weekly," dramatic critic of the New York "Times" and New York "Sun," and , literary manager of the New Theater holding the latter position from 1908 to 1910. He wrote "Schoolboy Life in England (1898); "An American at Oxford" (1902); "The Cave Man" (1907); "The Edge" (1915). He was secretary of The Drama Society in New York from 1913 to 1916. From 1919 he was editorial writer of the New York "Times."
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the genus of plants to which jute belongs, order Tiliaceæ (the lime-tree). They are herbs or small shrubs with serrated leaves and small yellow flowers.
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WILLIAM WILSON, an American D. C., Dec. 27, 1798. He engaged in the banking business and accumulated a large fortune. His charities are estimated to exceed $5,000,000. He founded the Corcoran Art Gallery at Washington, where he died Feb. 24, 1888. CORCYRA. See CORFU.
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or CORDAY D'ARMANS, MARIE ANNE CHARLOTTE, a young Frenchwoman who killed the notorious revolutionist Marat. She was born in , St. Saturnin, near Seez, in Normandy in 1768, a granddaughter of the poet the Corneille. Marat appeared to her of the atrocities perpetrated master-spirit or threatened, and she determined to rid CHARLOTTE CORDAY the country of him. She left her home, , ), and on arriving in Paris (July 12 1793 she went to Marat's house, but was not admitted. On Saturday, the 13th, she purchased a large knife, and at 7 o'clock in the evening procured admittance to Marat. She had obtained this interview by writing to him that she was from the seat of rebellion, and would "put it in his power to do France a great service." Marat was in his bath. She, with desperate determination, plunged her knife into his bosom, and he instantly expired. She was condemned, and guillotined, July 17, 1793.
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Charlotte (1768-1793), a French heroine. She was of noble birth and was educated in a convent in Caen. She read Voltaire and other progressive French writers, from whom she imbibed the principles of the French Revolution . The bloody scenes enacted by the Parisian leaders filled her with horror. She decided to sacrifice her life in an attempt to strike at the center of the band of men who directed the Reign of Terror. She repaired to Paris, and on July 13, 1793, she gained access to the apartments of Marat, and under pretense of presenting a petition for signature, stabbed that monster to death as he sat in a bath tub seeking relief from an affliction. Two days later she was tried by the tribunal, and was sent to the guillotine. Her act reminds the reader of similar self-sacrifices made by Russian women who have carried out the plans of Nihilist leaders.
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a city of Georgia, the county-seat of Crisp co It is on the CORDIACEÆ Georgia Southern and Florida, the Seaboard Air Line, the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic, and the Georgia, Southwestern and Gulf railroads. It is the center of an extensive cotton-growing region, and its manufactures include cottonseed, oil, and lumber. There are a library and other public buildings. Pop. (1910) 5,883; (1920) 6,538.
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