These 14 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Campobasso, Campobello, Canaanites.
formerly MOLISE, a province of Abruzzi, central Italy; is a very mountainous and sterile region; has comparatively little industry. There are some iron and steel manufactures; and grain, wine, and vegetables are produced. Capital, Campobasso (pop. about 16,000). Area, 1,691 square miles; pop. about 360,000.
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an island in Passamaquoddy Bay, in Charlotte co., New Brunswick. It is noted as a summer resort. Though copper and lead ores exist, the inhabitants are chiefly engaged in the herring, mackerel, and cod fisheries. The island is 8 miles long. Pop. about 1,500.
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A Spanish writer of romances who lived in the sixteenth century. To him is attributed a life of Robert the Devil , La Vida de Roberto el Diablo, published at Seville in 1629.
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This excellent device is improperly called "cant-hooks" in some localities. It consists of a double chain, rope, or bar-sling attached to a ring, with ends slightly hooked for gripping the underside of a flange or projecting lug. Very useful for taking a balanced lift where such practice is convenient. See SLINGS; CHAIN.
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THE, a word used in two senses: (1) For the tribe of the "Canaanites" only-the dwellers in the lowland. The whole of the country W. of Jordan was a "lowland" as compared with the loftier and more extended tracts on the E. (2) Applied as a general name to the non-Israelite inhabitants of the land. Like the Phoenicians, the Canaanites were probably given to commerce; and thus the name became probably in later times an occasional synonym for a merchant. Like almost all nations, the inhabitants of Canaan had legends that their These were considered aborigines, and appear to be of several races, as Anakim, Rephaim, Emim, Suzites, Zamsummim, Avim, and Horim. From earliest historical times, however, the inhabitants were of some incoming Semitic stock, variously named, and only hazily distinguishable now. At first they were sometimes all grouped as Amorites, but at a later date seven tribes were listed: Hittites, Canaanites, Amorites, Gergazites, Perizzites, Jebusites, and Hivites. When the Israelites displaced them these peoples were at an advanced stage of civilization. The Hittites founded an empire to the N., and much is now known about them. See HITTITES. Still later there were Canaanites alongside of or intermingled with the Hebrews. The Phœnicians were of Canaanitish origin, and occupied the coast plain to the N.; the Philistines, of the same general origin, on the coast to the S.
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a pale balsam, resin, or oleoresin, obtained by incision from a Canadian tree, the American silver-fir, sometimes called the Balm of Gilead fir (Abies balsamea). Canada balsam is of the consistence of thin honey, drying slowly by exposure to the air into a transparent adhesive varnish. It is used to mount objects for the microscope and for other optical purposes.
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an American wild goose 30 to 35 inches long, brownish above, lighter below, head, neck, bill , CANADA GOOSE and feet black, a white patch on the cheek; breeds in the N. of the continent, and migrates S. when the frost becomes severe. 21-Vol. II-Cyc
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a perennial herb, apocyпиt cannabinum, of the dogbane family, native of North America. It has a strong fiber, used by the Indians for twine, nets, woven fabrics, etc.
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a pleasure ground of the Canadian Northwest. It lies in the heart of the Rocky Mountains , on the border line between Alberta and British Columbia . It is one of the great parks of the world. The area is 5,732 square miles--3,668,480 acres. The present park was formed by the union of two parks, the Yoho and the Rocky Mountain Park. The Canadian Pacific traverses the park from east to west. Banff may be regarded as the railroad and hotel center. As the park is 70 miles in width and 100 miles in length, no one pretends to be familiar with all the gorges, glaciers, caverns, lakes, hot springs , and waterfalls. The park is full of game, but guns are forbidden. Bears, moose, elk, antelope, red deer, mountain sheep, goats, wolves, even coyotes, and many fur bearing animals abound. The rivers and lakes are full of the grayling, the mountain trout, the rainbow trout, and the salmon trout. Animals from every direction, seeming to know that they are safe within the park, resort thither for protection. A herd of buffalo is domesticated in one of the valleys. There is probably no other place in the world where good hotels are so near to utter wildness.
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a river that rises in the N. E. part of New Mexico, and runs generally E. through Texas and Oklahoma into the Arkansas River. Its length is about 900 miles, but it is rather shallow and not important for navigation. Its largest tributary is the Rio Nutria, or North Fork of the Canadian, which runs parallel to the main stream for about 600 miles.
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a small province of Ecuador, between the provinces of Chimborazo and Azuay; capital, Uzogues. Pop. about 65,000. B A
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ka-nard', the French name for duck. In conversation it is applied to any improbable story, much in the same way as we apply the term fishy, or fish story. A story was once current in Paris to the effect that a flock of starving ducks ate one of their number every day until but one duck remained. It has been suggested that the term, canard, grew out of this improbable anecdote.
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a cluster of thirteen volcanic islands lying 150 miles off the western coast of Africa. They form a province of Spain. The inhabitants are chiefly of Spanish blood. Population in 1900 was 358,564; area, about 2,808 square miles. The peak of Teneriffe rises to a height of 12,182 feet. It is a welcome landmark to the sailor. The plants are in part those of the Mediterranean region, including the oak, chestnut, pine, cedar, etc., with a few, as the Euphorbia, from Africa. There are 420 species of flowering plants not found elsewhere. The canary bird, the red partridge, and several kinds of lizards abound, but there are no snakes. As in Italy and southern France, the goat is an important domestic animal; but there are several thousand cattle in the islands. Where not too stony the soil is productive, meriting the old name of "Fortunate Islands." A number of fine hotels, together with the attractiveness of the climate, have made the Canaries a favorite winter resort. The exports are chiefly bananas, tomatoes, potatoes, onions, cochineal, sugar, wine, and almonds. Orchards of oranges, lemons, and figs yield abundantly. The women folk are noted for linen drawn-work. See Spain ; Azores
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