These 15 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Mantell, Mantes, Mantis Crab.
ROBERT BRUCE, an American actor; born in Irvine, Scotland, Feb. 7, 1854; made his first professional appearance, Oct. 21, 1876, as Sergeant in "Arrah-na-Pogue." He came to the United States and created juvenile rôles in 1878, with Mme. Modjeska. Subsequently he appeared as Loris Ippanhoff in "Fedora" with Fanny Davenport in New York. He later became a star and organized a company of his own, presenting chiefly Shakespearean and other classic plays.
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a town in the French department of Seine-et-Oise, on the left bank of the Seine. It has a striking tower (1344) and a beautiful church, a reduced copy of Notre Dame at Paris. The ancient Medunta, a town of the Celts, Mantes in 1087 was sacked by William the Conqueror, who here received the injury that caused his death; and here too Henry IV. was converted from Protestantism. Pop. about 9,000.
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a name given to crustacea of the genus Squilla, from the second pair of jaw feet being very large, and formed very like the fore legs of insects of the genus Mantis.
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a kind of cloak or loose garment to be worn over other garments. In heraldry the name is given to the cloak or mantle which is often represented behind the escutcheon. In zoölogy the mantle is the soft skin or integument of molluscous animals, otherwise known as the pallium. This structure secretes the shell when present, and where the shell is absent the mantle forms an investing sac or integument in which the viscera and other organs are contained and protected.
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or LAMBREQUIN (-bur-kin), in heraldry, an ornament depicted as hanging down from the helmet, and behind the escutcheon. It is considered to represent either the cointise, an ornamental scarf which passed around the body, and over the shoulder; or the military mantle, or robe of estate. When intended for the cointise, it is cut into irregular strips and curls of the most capricious forms, whose contortions are supposed to indicate that it has been torn into that ragged condition in the field of battle. When the mantling is treated as a robe of estate, the bearings of the shield are sometimes embroidered on it. A mantling adjusted so as to form a background for the shield and its accessories, constitutes an "achievement of arms."
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NATIONAL AS- SOCIATION OF, an association of manufacturers in the United States first formed in 1895 in Cincinnati for purposes of mutual co-operation in regard to laws affecting their interests, the demands of labor, and the promotion of foreign commerce. The association gives information on foreign exchange and trade, credit reports, commercial opportunities abroad. Its headquarters are in New York City.
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ILLUMINATION OF. See MANUSCRIPTS.
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a port on the S. coast of Cuba, about three-quarters of a mile from the mouth of the Yara, which affords at least a portion of the water supply, has a good harbor and export trade in valuable woods, sugar, etc. Pop. about 60,000.
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a port of Mexico, on a fine bay opening to the Pacific, 31 miles W. S. W. of Colima. The country around is equally fertile and unhealthy. Pop. about 2,000.
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ALESSANDRO (män-zō'nē), an Italian poet and novelist; born in Milan, March 7, 1784. After 1805 he lived for some time in Paris, and in 1808 he married the daughter of a Genoese banker, under whose influence he settled down into Catholicism. His chief works are: "Sacred Hymns," a series of lyrics; "The Fifth of May," a powerful ode on the death of Napoleon; the tragedies "Carmagnola" and "Adelchi," and his greatest novel "The Betrothed." He died in Milan, May 22, 1873.
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an ancient district of Scotland between the Dee and the Don, comprising nearly the S. half of Aberdeenshire, and subdivided into Braemar, Midmar, and Cromar.
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2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) the popular name for at least two species of storks of the genus Leptoptilus, the vent feathers of which were formerly much esteemed as ornaments and for ladies' headdresses. L. argala is the Asiatic marabou or adju: tant. L. marabou, a smaller species, is from tropical Africa, where it assists the vultures in consuming the filth of the negro villages. It is, if possible, uglier than its Asiatic congener, but its delicate vent feathers are equally valued.
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GULF OF, or GULF OF VENEZUELA, a wide inlet of the Carribean Sea, extending from the peninsulas of Paraguana and Guajira to the حمدی MARABOU strait by which it is connected with the lake. The latter forms the floor of a great valley, shut in by lofty mountains. waters are sweet, and deep enough for the largest vessels; but the bar at the mouth, where a swift current runs, makes entrance difficult. The gulf and lake were discovered in 1499 by Ojeda, who found here houses built on piles, and so gave the district the name Venezuela ("Little Venice"), which was afterward extended to the entire country.
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or MARACAYBO (märä-kībō), a city of Venezuela, capital of the state of Zulia, on the W. shore of the strait which connects the lake and gulf of Maracaibo. It is a handsome town, with many gardens and squares, a college, hospitals, a theater, the usual government buildings, a custom house, wharves, and a number of manufac tories. The climate is hot, the soil sandy, and the place unhealthy. The staple export is coffee; boxwood, lignum vitæ, cedar, and other woods, besides dividivi, hides and skins, and some cocoa, gums, and fish sounds, are the other exports. Pop. about 60,000.
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a town of western Persia, 55 miles S. of Tabriz and 20 miles E. of Lake Urmia. It is celebrated as the capital of Hulagu Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, and as the site of the observatory which Hulagu built for the astronomer Nasr ed- Din. Pop. about 16,000. MARAJÓ (märä-zhō') or JOANNES, an island between the estuaries of the Amazon and Para; area, nearly 18,000 square miles. It is for the most part low and covered with grass and bush, but in the E. and S. with dense forest. The soil is fertile, and large herds of cattle are reared in the N. E.
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