passable
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pass·a·ble
/ ˈpasəbəl/
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adj.
1.
just good enough to be acceptable; satisfactory:
he spoke passable English.
2.
(of a route or road) clear of obstacles and able to be traveled along or on:
the road was passable with care.
DERIVATIVES:
pass·a·bly
/ -əblē/ adv.
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THE GREATEST CLANS; 14: Murray; Girl-power pioneers who include Oliver Cromwell's politically astute mistress and Scotland's first female MP
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald; 9/7/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...of Stormont and the Borderer - John Murray of Reidkirk - gaining the...then wife of Secretary of State John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale. She found notoriety on the patriarchal...The first duke of Atholl, Sir John Murray, supported King James...
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10 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT. . .STRATHCLYDE COUNTRY PARK
Newspaper article from: Evening Times; 2/19/2005; 435 words
; ...to be accessible to the public. The Battle of Bothwell Bridge, between the Covenanters and the army of John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale, was fought on the park site in 1679. Watersports facilities in the park range from pedalos to windsurfing...
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The Discovery of Second Sight in Late 17th-Century Scotland.
Magazine article from: History Today; 6/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...about strange stories that Tarbat had told members of the entourage of the Secretary of Slate for Scotland, John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale, earlier that year, and, on Tarbat's coming to London, had summoned him to an interview. The stories...
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 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
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French influence on rare textiles.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 1/20/2007; 700+ words
; ...Hall in Suffolk. When he died, she married John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale, in 1672 and set about refurbishing Ham House...7 and again in 1698, the year Lady Elizabeth Lauderdale died at Ham House. Making such wonderfully luxurious...
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Appeals
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 9/24/1994; ; 555 words
; ...gallery's south wall. The Lauderdale House Society, founded...original timber frame of Lauderdale House dates from around 1580. It was acquired by John Maitland, second Earl, and first Duke, of Lauderdale, in 1645, and it is thought...
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English furniture at Colonial Williamsburg.
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 6/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...1710 to 1715 labeled by John Coxed (w. 1713-1749...was acquired in 1956 by John Graham with the advice...garnered in particular by John Maitland (1616-1682), second earl and first duke of Lauderdale, and his second wife...
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Labour of love to fix crumbling mansion
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland; 2/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...enjoy them." The Duke says no decision...Originally owned by the Maitland family and called...his sons William Maitland, who was secretary...of Scots, and John Maitland - the Lord Chancellor...became the earls and dukes of Lauderdale. In 1682, Lethington...
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Battle site becomes playground
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 9/23/2000; ; 564 words
; ...at Lauder, the ancestral home of the dukes and earls of Lauderdale, witnessed bitter feuding following the...castle complex date from around 1590 when John Maitland was created Lord Maitland of Thirlestane. Development of the castle...
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The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Real Estate Column.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 9/23/2002; 700+ words
; ...decided to see if his son, John, would come into the...Marriott Beach Place in Fort Lauderdale. . . . Keene Construction Co., Maitland, is wrapping up work...Taft Properties. Craig Duke and Jeff Gindi of Duke Properties negotiated...
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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Bushy tales; URBAN FOX.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 12/12/2003; 700+ words
; ...She has become patron of St John's Smith Square, one of London...Kensington and Chelsea, Lady Olga Maitland, former Tory MP for Sutton...and daughter of the Earl of Lauderdale, has told me she will enter...year-old daughter of the Duke of Marlborough, is quitting...
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John Maitland Lauderdale, duke of
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
John Maitland Lauderdale, duke of , 1616-82, Scottish statesman. He entered public life...and became all-powerful in Scotland. Made earl of March and duke of Lauderdale (in the Scottish peerage) in 1672, he was raised to the English...
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John Maitland
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
John Maitland see Lauderdale, John Maitland, duke of .
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Moray (or Murrey or Murray), Sir Robert
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...later served as royal secretary to Charles I and as confidential agent to the duke of Hamilton. While engaged by John Maitland (1616 – 1682), duke of Lauderdale, in 1648 to negotiate with the Prince of Wales, Moray befriended the future...
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