These 13 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Derby Day, Derbyshire Neck, Derbyshire Spar.
EARL OF, a title conferred after Bosworth Field, where he and his family had greatly contributed to Richmond's victory. James, seventh Earl of Derby (1606-1651), fought on the royalist side throughout the Great Rebellion, and, taken prisoner after Worcester, was beheaded at Bolton; his countess, Charlotte de la Trémouille, is famous for her heroic defense of Lathom House (1644) and of the Isle of Man ( 1651).
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EDWARD GEORGE VIL- LIERS STANLEY, EARL OF, a British statesman and diplomat. He was born in London in 1865, and was educated at Wellington College. During 1885-1895 he was lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards , acting, 1889-1891, as A. D. C. to the Governor-General of Canada. From 1899 to 1901, during the war with South Africa , he served, first as Chief Press Censor, afterward as private secretary to Lord Roberts (being twice mentioned in despatches). He was one of the Lords of the Treasury during 1895-1900 and from 1900 to 1903 was Financial Secretary to the War Office. From 1903 to 1905 he was Postmaster-General. In 1892 he stood for parliament and was elected member for West Houghton Division of Lancashire, continuing to represent that Lancas constituency till 1906. After the World War broke out he became , in 1915, Director-General of Recruiting. In 1916 he became Under-Secretary for War and during 1916-1918 was Secretary of State for War. In 1918 he became Ambassador to France.
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a municipal and parliamentary borough in England, capital of Derbyshire, on the Derwent, here crossed by an elegant bridge of three arches, 115 miles N. N. W. of London. It is pleasantly situated in a wide and fertile valley open to the S., and is well and regularly built in the modern quarter. It has some fine public buildings, among which are the churches (All Saints, St. Alkmund, and St. Werburch, the county hall, school of art, infirmary, etc. There is also a very handsome free library and museum. The principal manufactures are silk, cotton, paper, articles in Derbyshire spar, castings, and porcelain, etc. Derby is one of the oldest towns in the kingdom, and is supposed to owe its origin to a Roman station, Derventio, situated at Little Chester, on the opposite side of the river. Under the Danes it took the name of Deoraby. Richardson, the novelist, was a native of the town. Pop. (1919) 123,- 930.
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the name given to_two days of the racing season among Eng- (2) lish-speaking peoples: (1) The day on which the English Derby is run. The grand inauguration day of the summer season at Washington Park, Chicago, on which day the American Derby is run.
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a name given to bronchocele, from its being prevalent in some hilly parts of Derby co., England.
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also called fluorite, fluor-spar, and bluejohn ; is abundant in Derbyshire, and also in Cornwall, England. In the N. of England it is the gangue of the lead mines . It is found in almost every variety of color, red being the rarest.
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the Greek name of a Syrian goddess, supposed to be the Dagon of the Philistines .
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a vessel or anything relinquished or abandoned at sea , but most commonly applied to a ship abandoned by the crew and left floating about .
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LOUGH, the largest lake expansion of the river Shannon, between Tipperary and Galway and Clare, in Ireland; is 24 miles long, with an average width of two miles; greatest depth, 80 feet. Its surface is about 100 feet above the sea. Another Lough Derg, in the S. of Donegal co., is 3 miles by 2½, has many small isles and rocks, and wild, dreary shores. Saint's Isle contains the remains of a priory. Station Island, the reputed entrance to St. Patrick's Purgatory, was long the most celebrated place of pilgrimage in Ireland.
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that branch of science which treats of the skin and its diseases. Dr. Aitken gives the following as the more common diseases of the skin: Erythema, urticaria, nettlerash, lichen, psoriasis, herpes, pemphigus or pompholyx, eczema, ecthyma, acne. The parasitic diseases are ringworm, or tinea tonsurans, favus, and itch or scabies. Many of these may appear in combination, or as symptoms of general, constitutional, or febrile diseases; and, in addition to these, having various forms of cutaneous manifestation, are syphilis, purpura, leprosy, scurvy, and the like, with bronzed-skin or ADDISON'S DISEASE (q. v.).
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a parasitic plant infesting the cuticle and epidermis of men and animals, and giving rise to various forms of skin disease, as ringworm, etc.
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a common genus of beetles in the section Pentamera, including several species of formidable voracity. The most familiar of these is D. lardarius, often called the bacon beetle. In the open air it lives on dead animals; but within doors it attacks bacon, cheese, dried meats, furs, etc. The brown larvæ are equally voracious. Many other species are known on hides and the like.
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The typical lover of Irish legend, and the hero of the myth of Dermot and Grania. It was in this wise that he got the love-spot. One night he and three companions entered a hut for a night's shelter, in which dwelt an old man, a young girl (Youth), a wether (the World) and a cat (Death). During the night the girl put the love-spot on Dermot's forehead, and henceforth, it is said, no woman could see him without loving him. He came to be loved by Grania, the betrothed of Finn, who forced him to run away with her. They were pursued all over Ireland , but after sixteen years of outlawry, Dermot was allowed to return to his patrimony. He was killed by the Boar of Ben, Bulben, (q.v.) an enchanted animal, who had been his step-brother. His body was borne away on a gilded bier by the People of Dana, and was given a soul by Angus Og, the Irish God of Love, that he might return each day and talk with him. Dermot was of the type of solar hero; and the bier on which his body was borne away is, of course, the sunset.
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