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oaks
oaks Powerful trees which grew extensively in OT times, and those on the plain of Sharon were comparable to the great forest of
Lebanon (Isa. 35: 2). Some oaks were invested with a kind of sanctity (Gen. 12: 6, NRSV, NJB, which REB gives as ‘
terebinth’).
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Oak's a Winner With Americans in National Arbor Day Foundation Poll.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Wood & Wood Products; 7/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Symbol It is easy to see why oaks would capture the affection of a nation. When you think of oak, words like majestic come...the white oaks and the red oaks, which are also known as black oaks. The red oak family has more species and...
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Red Oak: a plentiful species. (Wood of the Month)
Magazine article from: Wood & Wood Products; 12/1/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...black oak, scarlet oak and pin oak. Black oaks include all red oaks and all live oaks or evergreen species of oak. White oaks include Burr oak, overcup oaks...swamp chestnut and chinkapin oak. Oaks share a natural hardiness. Sizes...
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Oak wilt.(PEST OF THE MONTH)
Magazine article from: Arbor Age; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...oak wilt symptoms differ in red oaks, white oaks and live oak. Red oaks display a rapid leaf discoloration (taking on...takes several years for a white oak to die due to oak wilt. Live oaks generally die within 1-2 years of infection...
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Red oaks thrive in Eastern Canada, U.S.
Magazine article from: Wood & Wood Products; 7/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...treatments than the other oaks. Characteristics Species of red oak include northern red oak...swamp red oak and cherrybark oak (Quercus falcata variation...pagodaefolia) and shumard red oak (Quercus shumardii). Red oaks have a distinctive red tinge...
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Oaks loom in designs, folklore and symbolism. (Wood of the Month)
Magazine article from: Wood & Wood Products; 11/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...then we have devoted much space to red oaks and white oaks because, very simply, oak continues to be a beloved and much...whitish grey and scaly. The black oaks have a blackish trunk. Varied uses Oak has many uses. It is very popular...
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Oak death still spreading. (Clippings).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: American Forests; 3/22/2003; ; 606 words
; ...that's outside the red oak family. (Until now, members of the white oak family and "intermediate" oaks, which are oaks that...of the disease. Sudden oak death has killed hundreds of thousands of coast live oaks, tanoaks, California...
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Oak Industries completes sale of Oak Communications Inc. subsidiary.
PR Newswire; 8/3/1990; 601 words
; OAK INDUSTRIES COMPLETES SALE OF OAK COMMUNICATIONS SUBSIDIARY WALTHAM, Mass., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Oak Industries Inc. (NYSE: OAK) today announced that it has completed the previously announced sale of the assets of its Oak Communications...
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Gardening: Oak tree is tied to human history
Newspaper article from: Capital (Annapolis); 11/4/2005; 700+ words
; ...strong yet durable oak for shipbuilding...his childhood among oaks in California where...east to New York - oaks, however, of different...similar sense of oak-driven intimacy...t unusual for an oak to live 300 years or more. "Oaks are enfolding and...
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Oak Leaves in wartime
Newspaper article from: Forest Leaves (River Forest, IL); 3/20/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...details of conflicts around the world, but when Oak Parkers are called to war, it is Oak Leaves that relays their news to their relatives...training or received orders to go to the front, Oak Leaves has the news. When war broke out in Europe...
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Oak Technology Completes Acquisition of TeraLogic, Inc.
PR Newswire; 10/25/2002; 700+ words
; Company Updates Second Fiscal Quarter Revenues Oak Technology, Inc., today announced that the company...The operations of TeraLogic will be merged with Oak's existing operations to form Oak's TeraLogic Group, focused on consumer entertainment...
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Oak
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
...beetles and fungi that attack oak trees. There are oaks that grow to heights of...life expectancy for most oaks is between 200 and 400 years, and there are oak trees over 800 years old that are still alive. Oaks are divided into two basic...
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Oak Tree
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Oak Tree Much folklore belief surrounds the oak tree. From ancient times it has been regarded as sacred tree. The Druids venerated the oak and performed many of their rites under the shadow of its branches...
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Oaks
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...as that in the other oak families. Found in a wide variety of habitats, oaks prefer loamy, well...25.5 m) is a black oak found in Warrensville Heights, Ohio. Other oaks notable for their size are: the Wye live oak ( Q. virginiana ) in...
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oak
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
...Drunemeton , was filled with oaks. In an often-cited...the druids climbed an oak tree, cut a bough of...Invasions], the sacred oak of early Ireland was that...Sacred associations of oaks survived Christianization...Dara [church of (the) oak, i.e. Kildare...
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Oak Ridge Boys
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...more than a decade the Oak Ridge Boys were among...crowds loved the spirited Oaks and bought their records...Music Association, the Oak Ridge Boys managed to...attitude has made the Oaks perennial favorites in...Fortunately for the Oak Ridge Boys, their defection...
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