These 10 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Setting, Settlement, Settlement.
This term is applied to metal as it passes from the fluid to the solid state. When the metal has concreted into a solid mass, it is termed "set" or "frozen," both of which terms are in the foundry synonyms for congelation. See CONGELATION; FREEZING.
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ACT OF, in English act passed in 1702, by which history, story, an act passed the succession of the crown was settled on the death of Queen Anne on Sophia, granddaughter of James I., and wife of the Elector of Hanover, and the heirs of her body, being Protestants.
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in ecclesiology, a sum of money or other property granted to a clergyman on his ordination, exclusive of his salary; or, a homestead of a pastor, as furnished sometimes by donation of land with or without buildings, sometimes SETON, ERNEST THOMPSON. See by the pastor's applying funds granted for the purpose. In law, the act of settling property upon a person or persons: a deed by which property is settled; the general will or disposition by which a person regulates the disposal of his property, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; disposition of property at marriage in favor of a wife; jointure.
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or ST. UBES, a seaport of Portugal; on the N. side of the Bay of Setubal; 17 miles S. E. of Lisbon. The harbor is protected by five forts. The town owes its its importance chiefly to its Importance chien trade in wine, sea-salt, and oranges, though fishing is carried on with considerable activity. Setubal is the old Roman Cetobriga. In 1755 it suffered severely from the earthquake that devastated Lisbon. Pilgrimages are made to the monastery of Arrabida, with its neighboring stalactite cave. The poet Bocage was born in Setubal. Pop. about 30,000.
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the name of a locality in Virginia, 6 miles from Richmond where, May 31, 1862, the Confederates, commanded by Generals Longstreet and Stuart, defeated the Federals under General Casey. The battle received its name from seven solitary pine trees at the spot where the fiercest fighting took place. This battle may be considered as the beginning of the battle of Fair Oaks.
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a legend originating in the early days of Christianity. According to tradition, seven noble Christian youths of Ephesus fled to a cave to escape persecution. The emperor, thinking to secure their death, sealed up the mouth of the cave. The young men fell immediately into a deep slumber. Two centuries later they were awakened accidentally by a countryman who opened the cave to make shelter for his cattle. Like Rip Van Winkle , they had no idea of the passage of time. Being pressed with hunger, they sent one of their number to the city to purchase bread. He was astonished to find the cross, the symbol of Christianity, in evidence everywhere. His ancient and decayed dress, strange language, and the antiquity of the coins offered in payment for bread attracted the attention of the baker. The latter ran to the magistrate with his story. The young man was carried before a judge, to whom he told the strange history of his life. The city magistrate, the bishop of Ephesus, and the emperor himself repaired to the cave where they found the other sleepers still bearing the bloom of youth. The young men related their experience, blessed the multitude, and expired.
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the most common title given to a famous medieval collection of stories, grouped round a central story, the history of which is almost the most important among the problems of storiology. Of variant versions there are two principal groups, the Eastern and the Western, the first including all the texts in Eastern languages, and some more or less free translations from Oriental texts; the other including the "Dolopathos," the the "Eras- "Historia Septem Sapientum," to," and many others. The Oriental texts have so many elements in common that they obviously spring from one book. The Western texts, though derivable from the Eastern, show great divergencies alike in the fundamental story and in the tales inserted in it. The real cause of this is that in the Western cases oral tradition has transmuted the contents.
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The, a collection of tales of oriental origin. The plot of the story which holds these tales together is found in Buddhist literature stated as an actual occurrence. A certain prince had seven instructors by whom he had been taught in all branches of knowledge. The youth, by a study of the stars, learned that his life was in danger and could be saved only if he refrained from speech for seven days. On the first day, his stepmother denounced him to the king, supporting her statements with evidence and urging the king to put his son to death. The king is about to do so when one of the wise masters tells a tale which counteracts the stepmother's influence. This is repeated on each of the seven days, the stepmother having each time new evidences of the Prince's guilt and one of the wise masters refuting it by a tale which affects the king's judgment and also makes him see the evils of a too hasty punishment. At the end of the seventh day, the prince can speak and is able to clear himself completely. The collection brought into western Europe by the Crusades has undergone many changes. It is of considerable importance in the history of well known fictions.
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The, seven men of ancient Greece famous for practical wisdom. They flourished in the sixth century B. C. The list, as commonly made up, consisted of Thales, Solon, Bion, Chilon, Cleobulus, Periander, and Pittacus. Referred to also as the Seven Sages of Greece.
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WALL OF, the name given to the wall or barrier formed at the boundary of the Roman empire in Britain between the Solway and the Tyne by the Roman emperor Severus about A. D. 210, following the line of a similar structure made in the reign of Hadrian (A. D. 120), and usually call called Hadrian's Wall. It was more than 70 miles long; on the N. toward Scotland was a great ditch, on the S. edge of this was a stone wall varying from 6 to 9 feet in breadth and about 16 feet high, with towers between 50 and 60 feet square at intervals of about a Roman mile. Remains of it are still to be seen over long ranges of country. SÉVIGNÉ, MARIE DE RABUTIN- CHANTAL, MARQUISE DE (sāv-enyā'), a French letter-writer; born in Paris, France, Feb. 6, 1626. Left an orphan young, she was reared by a maternal uncle, receiving an excellent education and having access to the court. In 1644 she married Henri, Marquis de Sévigné, who fell in a duel in 1651. It was to her daughter, Mme. de Grignan, that she wrote her letters, which are of value both from an historical point of view and for their charm of style. She died in the Castle of Grignan, Dauphiny, April 17, 1696.
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