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Clinton
Clinton ♂ Mainly North American: transferred use of the English surname, a local name from Glympton in Oxfordshire or Glinton in Northants. It was originally used as a given name in America in honour of the Clinton family, whose members included the statesman George Clinton... Read more |
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Erie Canal
Erie Canal artificial waterway, c.360 mi (580 km) long; connecting New York City with the Great Lakes via the Hudson River. Locks were built to overcome the 571-ft (174-m) difference between the level of the river and that of Lake Erie. With its three branch canals it forms the New York State... Read more |
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De Witt Clinton
De Witt Clinton , 1769-1828, American statesman, b. New Windsor, N.Y.; son of James Clinton . He was admitted (1790) to the New York bar but soon became secretary to his uncle, George Clinton , first governor of the state, and in that position (1790-95) gained political experience and influence at... Read more |
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Daniel Drew
Daniel Drew 1797-1879, American railroad speculator, b. Carmel, N.Y. He became a cattle dealer in early life and by 1834 was successful enough to engage in the steamboat business on the Hudson, which he developed rapidly. In 1844, Drew entered Wall St., where he founded the firm of Drew, Robinson... Read more |
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Jesse Duncan Elliott
Jesse Duncan Elliott 1782-1845, American naval officer, b. Hagerstown, Md. In the War of 1812, he helped capture two British vessels on Lake Erie and was made commander of the lake. He began building the fleet that O. H. Perry was to use after he succeeded (1813) Elliott. In the battle of Lake Erie... Read more |
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Eris
Eris , in Greek religion, goddess of strife. Angered at not being invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, she threw down the apple of discord (see Paris , in Greek mythology). Author not available, ERIS., The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2006... Read more |
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Conneaut
Conneaut , city (1990 pop. 13,241), Ashtabula co., extreme NE Ohio, on Lake Erie, near the Pa. line; settled 1799, inc. 1834. It is a port of entry—an important ore-receiving port and a limestone and coal loading center—and a vacation resort. Conneaut has a railroad museum, with antiques... Read more |
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Western Reserve
WESTERN RESERVE WESTERN RESERVE. The Western Reserve, a part of northeastern Ohio lying along the south shore of Lake Erie and once belonging to Connecticut, is an irregular quadrilateral—with Conneaut, Youngstown, Willard, and Port Clinton at the corners. The charter that the Connecticut... Read more |
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Mohawk
Mohawk river, c.140 mi (230 km) long, rising in central New York and flowing S then SE past Utica and Schenectady to enter the Hudson River at Cohoes. The Mohawk is canalized from Rome to its mouth (completed 1918) as part of the New York State Canal System's rebuilt Erie Canal, which links the... Read more |
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Old Northwest
OLD NORTHWEST The Old Northwest is another name for the Northwest Territory—the region around the Great Lakes and between the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Consisting of about 248,000 square miles (642,000 square kilometers), the territory was acquired by the United States after its victory in... Read more |
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Hearst, William Randolph
...Syndicate. But he spent more than he earned, collecting art and antiques; promoting the film career of his mistress Marion Davies...1937 he was forced to sell some of his newspapers and art and antiques, and to relinquish financial control of his publications... |
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Scots Musical Museum, The
Scots Musical Museum, The (1787–1803), edited by James Johnson, an important collection of songs with music, some genuinely antique, some fake antique, and some new. Burns made many notable contributions to the later volumes. |
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art schools
...based on copying engravings of the old masters and casts of the antique. The society was in receipt of state funding and managed the schools...1829 Irish fine art education took place principally in the antique and life schools of the Royal Hibernian Academy. These schools... |
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Anglo-Saxon art and architecture
...Christian conversion brought with it both new media for Anglo-Saxon artists, such as books and stone carving, and an alien Late Antique aesthetic from the Mediterranean world. 7th- and 8th-cent. artists developed a fascinating range of responses to these... |
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Claude Lorrain
...influential ideal landscapist. After settling in Rome (1627), he developed a style that combined poetic idealism inspired by antique models and his own observations. His mature style evolved between 1640 and 1660, when he explored the natural play of light... |
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tinkers
...tinkers, is better classified as a cant or argot, composed mainly of distorted versions of Irish words and not necessarily of antique origin. Nineteenth‐century tinkers combined the manufacture and repair of tin implements with chimney sweeping, peddling... |
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array, commissions of
...revived them, issuing the first in May 1642 to some Lancashire gentry. Clarendon thought it had been a mistake to resort to antique procedures, ‘a thing they had not before heard of’, and they were at once declared unlawful by Parliament. J. A... |
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Benson, Sir Frank Robert
...plays with the exception of Titus Andronicus and Troilus and Cressida. He was a capable actor, with handsome aquiline features and much of the air of an ‘antique Roman’. He is the only actor to be knighted actually in a theatre. |
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Canova, Antonio
Canova, Antonio (1757–1822) Italian sculptor. His work expresses the grave elegance and allusions to antique art which characterize neo-classicism, but retains a high degree of individuality. Two important pieces of the 1780s, Theseus... |
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Greenwich Theatre
...became the Greenwich Hippodrome in 1911, and was successively a variety theatre, a cinema, a repertory theatre, and an antiques store. By 1962 it was derelict and was acquired by the council for demolition, but it was saved by a group of enthusiasts... |
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antique
...outdated: trade unions defending antique work practices. ∎ often humorous...signs of great age or wear: an antique divorcee in reduced circumstances...make (something) resemble an antique by artificial means: an antiqued...antiquing) shop in stores where ... |
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verd-antique
verd-antique variety of green serpentine marble. XVIII. — F. †verd antique (now vert a.) antique green. |
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Six Épigraphes Antiques
Six Épigraphes Antiques (6 Ancient Inscriptions). Set of pf. duets by Debussy, comp. 1914. 1. Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d'été (To invoke... |
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antiquarian
...an·ti·quar·i·an / ˌantiˈkwe(ə)rēən/ • adj. relating to or dealing in antiques or rare books. ∎ valuable because rare or old: antiquarian books. • n. a person who studies or collects antiques or antiquities. DERIVATIVES: an·ti·quar·i·an·ism / -ˌnizəm... |
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antic
antic (arch.) grotesque, fantastic; sb. †fantastic or grotesque figure, clown; ludicrous gesture or posture XVI. — It. antico ANTIQUE, used as synon. with grottesco GROTESQUE. |
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BADA
BADA British Antique Dealers' Association |
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bespeak
bespeak •antique, batik, beak, bespeak, bezique, bleak, boutique, cacique, caïque, cheek, chic, clique, creak, creek, critique, Dominique, eke, freak... |
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boutique
boutique •antique, batik, beak, bespeak, bezique, bleak, boutique, cacique, caïque, cheek, chic, clique, creak, creek, critique, Dominique, eke, freak... |
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cluster
...clusters of creamy-white flowers. ∎ a group of people or similar objects positioned or occurring close together: a cluster of antique shops. ∎ Astron. a group of stars or galaxies forming a relatively close association. ∎ Linguistics (also consonant cluster... |
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flintlock
flint·lock / ˈflintˌläk/ • n. 1. an old-fashioned type of gun fired by a spark from a flint. 2. [usu. as adj.] the lock on such a gun: an antique flintlock pistol. |
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antique
antique • adjective 1. antique furnituresynonyms: antiquarian, old, vintage. 2. antique customssynonyms: age-old, timeworn, early, earliest, prehistoric, primeval, primordial. 3. antique attitudessynonym: old-fashioned.See antiquated. |
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borderline
borderline • noun the borderline between old and antique synonyms: dividing line, divide, division, demarcation line, line, cutoff point; threshold, margin, border, boundary... |
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impose
...inf. saddle with. 2. impose her views on the groupsynonyms: force, foist, inflict, thrust, obtrude. 3. impose fake antiques on the publicsynonyms: palm off, foist, pass off.phrases: impose on not wishing to impose on your good naturesynonyms... |
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medieval
...the Middle/Dark Ages, Middle-Age, Dark-Age, Gothic. 2. his attitude is medievalsynonyms: antiquated, archaic, antique, obsolete, antediluvian, primitive, outmoded, outdated, old-fashioned, passé, unenlightened; inf. out of the ark... |
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old
...down; informal tatty.antonyms: new, fashionable. 4. a collector of old cars the city's old architecturesynonyms: antique, historic, vintage, classic; veteran.antonyms: new, modern. 5. she's old for her years synonyms: mature, wise... |
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pottery
pottery • noun a collection of antique potterysynonyms: china, crockery, ceramics, earthenware, stoneware. |
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relic
relic • noun 1. a Viking relic synonyms: artifact, historical object, ancient object, antiquity, antique. 2. a saint's relics synonyms: remains, corpse, bones, Medicine cadaver. |
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vase
vase • noun a decorative antique vasesynonyms: vessel, urn, amphora, jar. |
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antiquated
...outdated, out of date, outmoded, outworn, old, stale, behind the times, old-fashioned, anachronistic, old-fangled, antique, antediluvian, passé, démodé, obsolete; informal out of the ark, moldy, horse-and-buggy.See note at old.antonyms... |
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archaic
archaic • adjective synonyms: old, obsolete, out of date, old-fashioned, outmoded, bygone, passé, antiquated, antique; inf. old hat.antonyms: new; modern; up-to-date. |
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Antiques. (product index).(Buyers Guide)(Illustration)
...Safari Liza Hyde Antique Japanese Screens...Manhattan Art & Antiques Center, p. 161...Manhattan Art & Antiques Center, p. 161 Tomalex Woods Ltd. antique folk art Earle...Moheban & Son Antique Carpets Agostino Antiques Ltd. ... |
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Antiques. (product index).(list of companies featured in this issue)
...Inc. Liza Hyde Antique Japanese Screens...Manhattan Art & Antiques Center, p. 138...Ltd. Warisan Antique Firearms Artnet...Manhattan Art & Antiques Center, p. 138...Moheban & Son Antique Carpets Agostino Antiques Ltd. Al ... |
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Antique City: a treasure trove of collectibles
...is a big collector of antiques. When the antique city was completed in 1997, his enthusiasm for antiques made him give up an enviable...areas." Consulting an antique almanac, Cheng said many costly antiques were sold to Western... |
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Antique stores dominate business in Gladewater, Texas.
...the Gladewater Antique Mall from Ms...said that before antiques came to Gladewater...their shop, B&B Antiques, in 1993, the antique business was thriving...owns Red Rooster Antiques, said if you...hard at it, the antique ... |
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Antique Dealers a Thing of the Past?; Leesburg Merchants Say Prospect of...
...napkins to sell at her antiques linen booth at the Leesburg Antique Emporium. She...purchases displace three antique stores: Preston's Antiques Unlimited at 1 W...have a town of only antique shops." Fletcher said the ... |
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Antique Shops Spur Economic Growth in Downtown Gilroy, Calif. (Originated...
...years. He and other antique dealers claim downtown...thrive. Though antiques may draw more shoppers...to the downtown-antiques link has been new...attended the wine and antique fair a few months...Downtown's newest antique shop owner, ... |
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ANTIQUE SHOW, SALE TO BENEFIT MULVANE ART MUSEUM PROGRAMS
...Mulvane Art Museum office, B&J Antique Mall, Brickhouse Antiques, Ferrand's/The Secret...Haviland Elizabeth Johnson Antiques, Kansas City, Mo., Antique smalls, quilts, furniture Longago Antiques (Larry and Anita Long... |
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Antique Store to Close in Jacksonville, Fla.
...owner of Orange Tree Antiques in Avondale. "Anyone who wants to buy antique furniture in Jacksonville...they even set up an antiques mall. Either Jack...personally selected each antique, usually on a trip...been the normal antique shop," ... |
 "The Charleston Gazette (Charleston, WV)")
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Antique vendors pleased with location: 'Antiques On The Avenue' opens
...name in Nitro.Antiques On The Avenue...South Charleston Antique Mall, opened in...Vanover, manager of Antiques On The Avenue. Vanover also managed the antique mall, which had...With the arrival of Antiques On The Avenue, there are now five ... |
 "The Gazette (Colorado Springs, CO)")
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Antiques paradise/ Hunt for 'that something special' easier in area malls
...Springs has eight antiques malls, each with...ranging from classic antique furniture to contemporary...European furniture, or antique toys, or linens...of Nevada Avenue Antiques. "It's just...Collectibles, some antiques and a lot of ... |
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