These 10 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Knights Templar, Knoblock, Knot.
a man admitted to a tain degree of military rank. Also one cerwho holds a certain dignity conferred by the sovereign or his representative, and entitling the possessor to the title of Sir prefixed to his name. The dignity differs from that of a baronet in not being hereditary . Wives of knights are legally entitled to the designation of Dame, but are more commonly addressed as Lady.
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a degree or order of modern Freemasonry ranking in dignity above the Blue Lodge and the Royal Arch Chapter. The orders conferred in a commandery of Knights Templar are Red Cross, Knight Templar, and Knight of Malta. A Mason to obtain these orders must be a Master Mason and Royal Arch Mason in good standing. See FREEMASON.
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EDWARD, an American playwright. He was born in New York in 1874, and was educated at Harvard. In 1896 he went to Paris and studied the drama there for a year, later going to London where he wrote plays. The first of his works to be produced was an adaptation from the French, "The Partikler Pet." Others have been: "The Shulamite" (with Claude Askew); "The Cottage in the Air," "The Faun," "Kismet," "Milestones" (with Arnold Bennett); "Discovering America," "The Headmaster" (with Wilfred T. Coleby); "My Lady's Dress," "Marie-Odile" "Mouse," "Paganini," "Home on Leave." ',, In 1916 he became a naturalized British subject and lieutenant in the British service.
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not, the interlacement of the parts of a cord; or the union of two threads, strings, cords, or ropes by intertwining loops. In either case the loops may be drawn tight without slipping. The safety of a knot is due to friction. A knot that must be picked open is called a hard knot. A knot tied in such a way that it may be united by pulling the free ends is called a bow knot. Some of the more important knots are the square, reef, or surgeon's knot, the granny's knot, the overhand knot, the weaver's knot, and the lover's knot.
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a nautical synonym for the geographical mile. The length of the geographical mile, or knot, or nautical
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a wading bird, which has the breast deep chestnut in summer and white in winter, and the back dark with fulvous spots in summer and ashy-gray in winter. It breeds within the Arctic circle, from which it migrates in autumn to the Eastern Hemisphere, as far even as the Cape and Australia.
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a secret political association formed in the United States in 1852. It grew out of an earlier organization dating from 1844. Its main purpose was to check immigration and prevent the naturalization of foreigners and their participation in American politics. The popular name was applied to the party because its members, when questioned, were instructed to reply, "I don't know." The platform included such catch phrases as "Americans shall rule America," "No North, no South, no East, no West," "Free schools," "No sectarian influence in school or state." The immediate occasion for the formation of the association was the multiplication of the Irish vote in New York City. The opposition to the Irish was largely anti-Catholic in nature. The tide of emigration to this country rose so high about this period that Know-Nothingism became identified with Americanism. The organization became a national political party in 1852. In 1854 it carried the state elections in Delaware and Massachusetts and nearly carried New York. In 1855 the legislatures and governors of five states were elected on a Know-Nothing platform. In 1857 the party had fourteen representatives and five senators in Congress. The Know-Nothings were one of the elements that were merged in the formation of the Republican party . See American Party
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JAMES SHERIDAN, an SHERTDA1 Irish actor and dramatist; born in Cork, t; born in Ireland, May 21, 1784. He made his first Ele made hi appearance as an actor in 1806. Subsein 1800. quently he taught elocution for several tion years at Belfast and Glasgow, and wrote dramatic for the stage. He abandoned work in 1845 from religious scruples, and later became well known as a Baptist preacher. Of his works only the tragedy of " Virginius, " produced 1820 3, " he ( 1857), Chase" bis may be mentioned: " Caius Gracchus " ( 1815); " William Tell " ( 1825); " Alfred (18 the (1831 of Mantua" (1833). He died in Tor quay, England, Nov. 30, 1862.
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a member of a secret political association in the United States, organized for the purpose of obtaining the repeal of the naturalization law, and of the law which permitted which w others than native Americans to hold Americans to hold office. It started in 1853, and lasted two 1853, and lasted two ociety was formed in or three years. A society was formed in to the above, called 1855 in opposition to the above, called oth bodies were ab- Knowsomethings. Both bodies were absorbed into the two parties, Democrats parties, Democrats 6 5 7 萬 平 11 12 12 Mchermen's Bend Knot. 9. Fishermen's Bend Knot. imber Hitch Knot. 10. Timber Hitch Knot. To Half Hitches. 11. Two Half Hitches. 12. Blackwall Hitch Knot. lackwall Hitch K.not. and Republicans, at the presidential electhe presidential election in 1856.
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noks Henry (1750-1806), an American soldier. He was a native of Boston. His father was a shipmaster. Young Henry was a clerk in a bookstore, with abundant opportunity to read. He made himself familiar with military tactics by observation and by questioning the officers of the British garrison then stationed in Boston. He was in the battle of Bunker Hill . When Washington took charge of the forces surrounding Boston, Knox proposed bringing cannon and ammunition from Ticonderoga. Washington gave him authority to do so. He loaded over fifty heavy guns and a supply of ammunition on sleds and brought the whole safely to Cambridge. Under Knox's direction the cannon were mounted on Dorchester Heights. They drove the British fleet out of the bay and the British troops out of Boston. He commended himself to Washington in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth. He was with Washington during the trying winter of Valley Forge . In 1785 Congress appointed him secretary of war. He entered Washington's cabinet as the first secretary of the navy in 1794.
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