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‘blowing the grampus’
The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
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‘blowing the grampus’, a term used in the days of sail for waking a sailor asleep on
watch by throwing a bucketful of cold water over him.
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Nagoya Grampus Eight Wins Asian Cup Winners' Cup
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 10/22/1996; 326 words
; Nagoya's Grampus Eight of Japan tied with South China of...Kong side with one win and one draw as Grampus Eight beat South China in the first leg...the score with his 28th-minute goal. Grampus Eight team fielded a second-string side...
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Social structure of Risso's dolphins (Grampus griseus) at the Azores: a stratified community based on highly associated social units.(Report)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Zoology; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...social structure of Risso's dolphins (Grampus griseus Cuvier, 1812). Over the period...structure sociale des dauphins de Risso (Grampus griseus Cuvier, 1812). Pendant la periode...OMITTED] For the Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus Cuvier, 1812), social structure...
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Soc: Fulltime: Nagoya Grampus 1 bt Newcastle Jets 0
Newspaper article from: AAP Sports News (Australia); 4/22/2009; 157 words
; AAP Sports News (Australia) 04-22-2009 Soc: Fulltime: Nagoya Grampus 1 bt Newcastle Jets 0 Asian Champions League Group E Fulltime Nagoya Grampus (Jap) 1 bt Newcastle Jets (Aus) 0 at EnergyAustralia Stadium. AAP lf KEYWORD...
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Soc: Newcastle Jets 1 Nagoya Grampus 0
Newspaper article from: AAP Sports News (Australia); 4/7/2009; 154 words
; ...AAP Sports News (Australia) 04-07-2009 Soc: Newcastle Jets 1 Nagoya Grampus 0 HALFTIME Asian Champions League Group E game Newcastle Jets (Aus) 1 Nagoya Grampus (Jpn) 0 at Mizuho Athletic Stadium, Nagoya. AAP gc KEYWORD: SOCCER ACL...
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Soc: Newcastle Jets 1 Nagoya Grampus 1
Newspaper article from: AAP Sports News (Australia); 4/7/2009; 205 words
; AAP Sports News (Australia) 04-07-2009 Soc: Newcastle Jets 1 Nagoya Grampus 1 Newcastle Jets have earned a one-all draw against Japanese club Nagoya Grampus in their Asian Champions League football group match in Nagoya. The Jets led...
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Soc: Johnsen to the rescue of Nagoya Grampus
Newspaper article from: AAP Sports News (Australia); 10/5/2008; 406 words
; ...News (Australia) 10-05-2008 Soc: Johnsen to the rescue of Nagoya Grampus TOKYO, Oct 5 AFP - Norwegian striker Frode Johnsen scored at the death to help Nagoya Grampus draw with Tokyo Verdy in the J-League on Sunday. He nodded home from...
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Austrian striker Vastic leads Nagoya Grampus Eight over Shimizu
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 9/1/2002; 222 words
; ...00-0000 Dateline: TOKYO Austrian striker Vastic netted a pair of goals Sunday and set up a third to lead Nagoya Grampus Eight to a 3-0 victory at home over Shimizu S Pulse. Vastic put the hosts up 2-0 on the hour with a right-foot...
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Vastic transfers to Japanese club Nagoya Grampus Eight
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 5/13/2002; 198 words
; ...Dateline: VIENNA, Austria Ivica Vastic, one of Austria's best soccer players, has left Sturm Graz for Japanese club Nagoya Grampus Eight, the Austria Press Agency reported Monday. Details of the 32-year-old Croat native's transfer were not disclosed...
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SOUTH CAROLINA PSC ISSUES ORDER REGARDING APPLICATION OF AMY GRAMPUS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 8/26/2009; 301 words
; ...orders: Dockets: 2009-62-T Date Filed: 3/5/09 Summary: Order Granting Class C Certificate - Application of Amy Grampus for a Class C (Taxi) Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Operation of Motor Vehicle Carrier Order Number...
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NAGOYA GRAMPUS EIGHT 3, D.C. UNITED 1; Tuneup in Tokyo Finds D.C. Missing Some Parts
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/3/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Japanese professional league. Nagoya Grampus Eight, which finished second in Japan...and hot oolong tea as a small but vocal Grampus Eight cheering section banged drums and...a couple on point-blank blasts from Grampus's Yugoslavian striker, Dragan Stojkovic...
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grampus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
grampus name applied to two members of the dolphin family (Delphinidae): Grampus griseus, also known as Risso's dolphin, of worldwide distribution, and Orcinus orca, also known as the killer whale .
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‘blowing the grampus’
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
‘blowing the grampus’, a term used in the days of sail for waking a sailor asleep on watch by throwing a bucketful of cold water over him.
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The Submarine
Book article from: American Decades
...launched his third submarine model, the Protector, and the following year Union Iron Works of San Francisco built two subs, the Grampus and the Pike. The English had built a variant of Holland's design in the winter of 1901, and the French were also active...
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Hunter, John
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...preparations from material brought to the dissecting room, obtained at postmortem examination, or from chance supply, such as the grampus caught at the mouth of the Thames in 1759 and conveyed to Westminster Bridge on a barge. His interest in the organ of hearing...
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Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, of Nantucket, The
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
...Reynolds, with whom Poe was acquainted. In the novelette, the fictitious Pym recounts his experiences as a passenger on the Grampus, which sailed from Nantucket for the South Seas in June 1827. Mutiny, shipwreck, and “horrible sufferings...
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