These 13 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Cassock, Castaigne, Castalides.
the tight-fitting coat worn under the gown or surplice by clergymen. In the Catholic church the cassock of the priest is black; that of the bishop is purple; of the cardinal, scarlet; and of the pope, white. The name was applied formerly to a loose, outer gown worn over other garments.
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Clean the parts to be joined and tin them well. They may be now placed together in the sand, or elsewhere, and melted brass poured over them. See SOLDERING.
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Important: Safety Warning This page describes trade processes that use dangerously toxic materials such as cyanide solutions, mercury amalgams, or strong acids. These processes require training, equipment, and precautions far beyond what the text describes. This information has been left in for historical purposes but should not be acted upon. Use soft-water, 10 gallons; salt, 1 peck; oil of vitriol, 1/2 pint. Heat to a cherry red and dip, continuing to dip until hard enough. See CASE-HARDENING.
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ANDRÉ, a artist; born at Angoulême, in 1861. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. From 1890 to 1895 he resided in the United States, was director of an art school in Baltimore and did a great deal of illustrating for the magazines, attracting attention by the spirit and and vividness of his work. In 1904 he published "Fata Morgana," a novel illustrated by himself.
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a name given to the Muses.
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a pair of wooden rattles. The name is derived from castania, the Latin name for chestnut, from the wood of which castanets are not infrequently made. Castanets are shaped not unlike the two halves of an oyster shell, only they are shallower, and more nearly circular. They are tied together loosely by a string and hung over the thumb, so that they fall within the palm of the hand. When the hand is shaken the castanets strike against the half closed fingers making a tremulous sound. They are played as an accompaniment to the guitar or to mark the time of dancers. It is supposed that their use was introduced by the Moors. They are still in favor among the peasants of Portugal, Spain, and southwestern France. More out of curiosity they have been introduced into English-speaking countries for concerts and the like.
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. See Brahmin; India
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(käs-tel-ä-mär'e), a fortified Italian seaport in the prov- Stabiæ where Pliny was killed. It has a dockyard and hospital, and manufactures sail-cloth, leather, linen, and silk. Its castle was built in the 13th century by Emperor Frederick II. It contains a convent founded by Gonsalvo de Cordova, which possesses a very celebrated image of the Madonna. In the 15th century the town was sacked by Pope Pius II., and in the 17th century by the Duke of Guise. Pop. about 35,000.
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ÉDOUARD DE CURI- ÈRES DE, a French military officer born at St. Afrique in 1851. He was studying at the military school at St. Cyr, which he had entered in 1869, when the Franco-Prussian War broke out. He tely applied for a commission immediately and served through the war, rising to the rank of captain. Later he rose through the various grades of the service, became general in 1906, and when General Joffre was designated as commander-in-chief in case of war (1913), Castelnau became his chief-of-staff. At he commanded the outbreak of the war, the Army of Lorraine, and was charged with the defense of Nancy. From Sept. 6 to 12, 1914, a tremendous battle raged for the possession of the city, which was regarded as the "Gate to Paris," and the Bavarian army under Crown Prince Rupprecht was defeated. Castelnau was hailed as the "Savior of Nancy." In 1915 he was in charge of the French offensive in the Champagne, and in 1918 when the armistice was signed he was preparing, jointly with General Pershing, for a great attack upon Metz.
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), a town in the French department of Gironde, on the right bank of the Dordogne, 33 miles E. of Bordeaux by rail. Beneath its walls, on June 13, 1453, the English met with a signal defeat, their leader, Earl Talbot of Shrewsbury, and his son, being slain. Part of the battle is described in the fourth act of Shakespeare's "King Henry VI., Part I." Pop. about 3,500.
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EGERTON, an English author, born March 12, 1858. He was educated at Glasgow University and Cambridge. After a brief military career he turned to literature and journalism. His novels, some of which have been dramatized and many of which were written in collaboration with his wife, Agnes Castle, include: "Consequences," "Saviola," "The Light of Scarthey," ," "Young April," "The Pride of Jennico "The Star-Dreamer," "Wroth," "The Grip of Life," etc. He died in 1920.
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VERNON, an English actor and aviator; born at Norwich, England, May 2, 1887. His last name was Blythe, but he dropped it for professional purposes, retaining his first two names. He was educated at Birmingham University and expected to become a civil engineer. He turned, however, to the stage, coming to America and making his début in 1907. He soon discovered that his real talent lay in dancing and inventing new steps. With his his wife, formerly Miss Irene Foote, whom he married in 1911, he speedily became the vogue as an exhibition dancer and teacher. Shortly after the opening of the World War, he studied aviation, received a pilot's certificate from the Aero Club of America, and in March, 1917, attached himself to the British Royal Flying Corps on the western front. He did good service there for a year. He then came to America to act as instructor to the Canadian units of the flying corps, who were having winter training in Texas, and was killed in an airplane accident, Feb. 5, 1918.
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The mystical name given to the seven stages of the soul's ascent towards the Divinity. These seven processes of psychic evolution are briefly as follows: (1) The state of prayer, being concentration on God; (2) The state of mental prayer, in which one seeks to discover the mystic significance of all things; (3) The obscure night, believed to be the most difficult, in which self must be utterly renounced; (4) The prayer of quietism, complete surrender to the will of God; (5) The state of union, in which the will of man and the will of God become identified; (6) The state of ecstatic prayer, in which the soul is transported with joy, and love enters into it; (7) The state of ravishment, which is the mystic marriage, the perfect union, and the entrance of God and Heaven into the interior man.
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