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stirrup cup

Language; Encyclopedias

A "parting cup" given by the Highlanders to guests when they are leaving and have their feet in the stirrups.

A book of the Apocrypha giving account of the life and vicissitudes of a pious Israelitish family in the Assyrian captivity, that consisted of Tobit, Anna his wife, and Tobias his son; all three are ...

Système de la Nature

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A book, the authorship of which is ascribed to Baron Holbach, which appeared in 1770, advocating a philosophical materialism and maintaining that nothing exists but matter, and that mind is either ...

Sudbury

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A borough of Suffolk, on the Stour, where it crosses the Essex border, 58 m. NE. of London; has three old churches (Perpendicular style), a grammar-school founded in the 15th century, a ...

Tamil

Language; Encyclopedias

A branch of the Dravidian language, spoken in the S. of India and among the coolies of Ceylon.

Gabriel Tellez

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The assumed name of Tirso de Molina, Spanish dramatist, born in Madrid; became a monk; wrote 58 comedies, some of which keep their place on the Spanish stage; as a dramatist ranks next to Lope de ...

Third Earl Sunderland Charles Spencer

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Son of succeeding, and son in law of the Duke of Marlborough; was a Secretary of State in Queen Anne's reign during 1706-1710, and in the following reign, as leader of the Whigs, exercised unbounded ...