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AWAY |
Absent from New York? Not in, anyway |
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NYLON |
Fabric from New York and London |
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ELLIS |
Island in New York harbour where immigrants landed from 1892-1954 |
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EASTWARDS |
Toward the east; in the direction of east from some
point or place; as, New Haven lies eastward from New York. |
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RUN |
To extend; to reach; as, the road runs from Philadelphia to
New York; the memory of man runneth not to the contrary. |
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CROSS |
To move or pass from one side to the other, or from place
to place; to make a transit; as, to cross from New York to Liverpool. |
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POTSDAM GROUP |
A subdivision of the Primordial or Cambrian period in
American geology; -- so named from the sandstone of Potsdam, New York.
See Chart of Geology. |
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CHAZY EPOCH |
An epoch at the close of the Canadian period of the
American Lower Silurian system; -- so named from a township in Clinton
Co., New York. See the Diagram under Geology. |
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HAIL |
To declare, by hailing, the port from which a vessel sails
or where she is registered; hence, to sail; to come; -- used with from;
as, the steamer hails from New York. |
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HAMILTON PERIOD |
A subdivision of the Devonian system of America; --
so named from Hamilton, Madison Co., New York. It includes the
Marcellus, Hamilton, and Gen... |
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ANTIRENTER |
One opposed to the payment of rent; esp. one of those
who in 1840-47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons
from the settlers... |
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SCHOHARIE GRIT |
The formation belonging to the middle of the three
subdivisions of the Corniferous period in the American Devonian system;
-- so called from Sc... |
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PERSIMMON |
An American tree (Diospyros Virginiana) and its fruit,
found from New York southward. The fruit is like a plum in appearance,
but is very harsh... |
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TRENTON PERIOD |
A subdivision in the lower Silurian system of
America; -- so named from Trenton Falls, in New York. The rocks are
mostly limestones, and the pe... |
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CORNIFEROUS |
Of or pertaining to the lowest period of the Devonian
age. (See the Diagram, under Geology.) The Corniferous period has been
so called from the... |
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STOOP |
Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the
Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an
out-of-door fl... |
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LONGITUDE |
The arc or portion of the equator intersected between
the meridian of a given place and the meridian of some other place from
which longitude i... |