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Kattegat
Kattegat , strait, c.140 mi (230 km) long and from 40 to 100 mi (60-160 km) wide, between Sweden and Denmark. It is connected with the North Sea through the Skagerrak, which begins at the northern tip of Jutland, and with the Baltic Sea by way of the Øresund, Store Bælt, and Lille... Read more |
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Coritani
Coritani. A British tribe and civitas. There has been much debate about the name of this tribe, and some believe it was called the Corieltauvi. There is no good reason, however, to discard the spelling provided by the geographer Ptolemy, who recorded them as the Coritani. It occupied the territory... Read more |
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Huxley
Huxley ♂ Transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name from a place in Cheshire which is apparently so called from the genitive case of the Old English personal name Hucc + Old English lēah ‘wood, clearing’. Use as a given name was in some cases in honour of the... Read more |
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Psychological warfare
Psychological WarfareHistoryModern doctrine and methodsBIBLIOGRAPHYPsychological warfare is a term that came into vogue in the United States during World War n to identify an activity as old as the history of conflict. Although the term gained wide currency in popular and scientific discussions in... Read more |
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Leicester House opposition
Leicester House opposition. Leicester House, built in the 1630s, was leased in 1718 by George, prince of Wales, and became a focus of opposition to his father's ministers. Twenty-five years later, his own son Frederick, prince of Wales, set up in opposition there and, after his death, the tradition... Read more |
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Caxton
Caxton ♂ Transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name from a place in Cambridgeshire. The place name derives from the genitive case of the Old Norse byname Kakkr (apparently a derivative of kokkr ‘lump’) + Old English tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.... Read more |
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incense
incense perfume diffused by the burning of aromatic gums or spices. Incense was used in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome and is mentioned in the Old and the New Testaments. It is also found in the major religions of Asia. The Babylonians used it while praying in the 6th and 5th cent. BC and the... Read more |
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Barclay
Barclay ♂ Transferred use of the Scottish surname, which was from Berkeley in Gloucestershire, named with Old English beorc ‘birch tree’ + lēah ‘wood, clearing’. It was taken to Scotland in the 12th century by Walter de Berchelai, who became chamberlain of... Read more |
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