pot
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pot round or cylindrical vessel used as a container. Late OE.
pott, corr. to OFris., (M)LG., (M)Du.
pot — popL. *
pottus (whence (O)F.
pot), of unkn. orig.; prob. reinforced in ME. from OF. The north. word meaning deep hole, pit (XIV) may be identical or may be of Scand. orig.; so prob.
pot-hole XIX. comb.
pothook hook to hang over a fireplace XV; hooked character in writing XVII.
pot-hunter † perh. sycophant, parasite XVI; sportsman who shoots anything he comes across XVIII; (sl.) one who competes in a contest merely for the prize XIX.
pot-luck one's chance of what may be in the pot ready for a meal. XVI.
potsherd (arch.) fragment of earthenware. XIV.
pot shot shot taken at game merely to provide something for the pot, shot aimed directly at something within reach. XIX.
potwaller householder qualified to vote as having a separate fire-place. XVIII. lit. ‘pot-boiler’; alt. to
pot-walloper (XVIII) by assim. to
WALLOP.
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Boadicea onstage before 1800, a Theatrical and Colonial History.(Essay)
Magazine article from: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900; 6/22/2009; ; 700+ words
; Wendy C. Nielsen, Boadicea Onstage before 1800, a Theatrical...essay examines the theatrical legacy of Boadicea, the British warrior queen defeated...Heroine and two unrelated dramas titled Boadicea by Charles Hopkins and Richard Glover...
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Historical Notes: Boadicea's bones under Platform 10
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 7/15/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...station, I told a quick-witted chap that Boadicea's bones lay buried under it. He quipped...train to Royston?" Yes, well, in Boadicea's time it was no joke. (You say Boudicca...left half of his fortune to his wife Boadicea and their two daughters and the other...
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Uncovered: Boadicea's big fight on McDonalds.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 5/26/2006; 680 words
; ...location for the famous battle between Boadicea's army and the Romans in 6 1AD. Local...marching from Anglesey when they were met by Boadicea's army coming up from London. Records...Hill. With her troops facing defeat, Boadicea is believed to have killed herself on...
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Boadicea's gold; Rebel ruler: Boadicea took on Rome and lost Treasure: The coins are stamped with moons, wheels and horses.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 1/19/2009; 700+ words
; ...made famous by the warrior queen Boadicea. They have been dated to some time...and animal furs from Gaul and Italy. Boadicea took her own life in 61AD after an...70,000 died in cities destroyed by Boadicea's followers
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 "The Journal (Newcastle, England)")
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Boadicea 'under McDonalds'.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England); 5/26/2006; 308 words
; The grave of ancient warrior queen Boadicea may have been discovered under a McDonald's...point to the location for the battle between Boadicea's army and the Romans in 61AD. Boadicea is believed to have killed herself on the edge...
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Boadicea - The Musical South Bridge Resource Centre Theatre **
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 8/28/1998; ; 357 words
; Mention the name Boadicea and most people think of a heroic warrior...not a chariot in sight. Worse still Boadicea is portrayed as a weak woman surrendering...have legions of foot soldiers while Boadicea inherits some raggle-taggle women...
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Remains of the London that Boadicea burnt to ground are found by Tower
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 6/28/2000; ; 693 words
; ...the rebel British tribal ruler, Queen Boadicea, almost 2,000 years ago, have been...century Roman historian Tacitus, says Boadicea (now, more correctly, called Boudica...covered by at least 20 private houses when Boadicea struck. Human skeletal material unearthed...
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HUGE BATTLE SITE 'WAS NEAR RUGBY' Historian moves Boadicea's last stand of 62 AD.(News)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England); 1/14/2003; 676 words
; ...Archaeologist Jack Lucas believes Queen Boadicea's defiant but doomed last stand against...home to the landmark radio masts - with Boadicea's battle. Mr Lucas is calling for...We include information about Queen Boadicea in our literature because it's a big...
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Boadicea 'lost ring' is found.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 4/21/2004; 401 words
; ...old gold necklace that may have been worn by warrior queen Boadicea. The "torc" necklace was dug up by a farm sugarbeet machine...think the torc is part of a hoard hidden from the Romans by Boadicea's Iceni tribe. Chris Mackie, of the Sedgeford Historical...
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Boadicea's battle ... at McDonald's.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 5/25/2006; 325 words
; ...resistance to the Roman invaders was legendary. But warrior queen Boadicea may have fought her final battle in the shadow of another empire...geographical features match the sketchy details known about Boadicea's battle with Governor General Suetonius Paulinus in 61 AD...
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Boadicea
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Boudicca
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
Boudicca, Boudica , Boadicea , Boadicia , Bonduca , Buddug [Romano...a separate identity as the fabulous Boadicea. Her story is the basis of the drama...Against Rome (1978); Antonia Fraser, Boadicea's Chariot (London, 1988); The...
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female warriors and champions
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
...Boudicca , the historical British warrior, known to legend as Boadicea; Cathach Chatutchenn , who loved Cúchulainn ; Coinchenn...and SOVEREIGNTY, LADY . Bibliography See Antonia Fraser , Boadicea's Chariot (London, 1988); The Warrior Queens (New York...
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Suffolk
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...machinery and fertilizers. Tourists frequent the coast. Suffolk and Norfolk formed the Kingdom of the Iceni, whose Queen Boadicea led a revolt (AD 60) against the Romans. In Anglo-Saxon times Suffolk was part of the kingdom of East Anglia , inhabited...
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Paulinus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...a campaign to reduce the druid stronghold of Mona (Anglesey), in AD 61, he was recalled to S Britain by the uprising of Boadicea , who defeated the ninth legion and took Verulamium (St. Albans) and Londinium (London). Paulinus suppressed the revolt...
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