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Of of pertaining to any method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way, whether united in a system specific to a country or region.
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St. Joseph
Language; Encyclopedias
A city of Missouri, on the Missouri River (here spanned by a fine bridge), 110 m. above Kansas City, is an important railway centre; as capital of Buchanan County it possesses a ...
Sam Slick
Language; Encyclopedias
A clockmaker and pedlar, a character illustrating Yankee peculiarities, and remarkable for his wit, his knowledge of human nature, and his use of "soft sawder," a creation of ...
Tierra del Fuego
Language; Encyclopedias
A compact island-group at the southern extremity of the South American continent, from which it is separated by the Strait of Magellan; the most southerly point is Cape Horn; of ...
terra-cotta
Language; Encyclopedias
A composition of fine clay and fine colorless sand moulded into shapes and baked to hardness.
stalactite
Language; Encyclopedias
A cone of carbonate of lime attached like an icicle to the roof of a cavern, and formed by the dripping of water charged with the carbonate from the rock above; Stalagmite being ...
Southern Cross
Language; Encyclopedias
A constellation of the southern heavens, the five principal stars of which form a rough and somewhat irregular cross, the shape of which is gradually changing; it corresponds in ...
Titus
Language; Encyclopedias
A convert of St. Paul, a Greek by birth, appears to have accompanied St Paul on his last journey, and to have been with him at his death; Paul's Epistle to him was to instruct and ...
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