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kp-eb0721-091503-0955 | WOLSINGHAM or Walsingham, a market-town of the county of Durham, in the ward of Darlington, 260 miles from London, and fourteen from Durham. It stands on the river Wear, and has a market on Tuesday. The population amounted in 1821 to 2197, and in 1831 to 2239. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-091504-0955 | WOLTSCHANSK, a circle of the Russian government of Ukraine. It extends in north latitude from 49° 48’ to 50° 32', and in east longitude from 36° 22' to 37° 38'. It comprehends one city and 110 towns, besides villages, with 88,400 inhabitants, in a space of 1254 square miles. It has many small rivers, which empty their ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-091505-0955 | WOLVERHAMPTON, a large town of the county of Stafford, in the hundred of Leisdon, fourteen miles from Birmingham, and 130 from London. It is a place of great antiquity, having in 996 had a school founded by Wul-frina, the sister of King Edgar, and widow of Aldhelm duke of Northampton; previously to which the place was ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-091601-0956 | WOMAT Ροιντ, a rocky projection of Cape Barren island, between Van Diemen’s Land and the south-west coast of New Holland. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-091602-0956 | WOOD, Αντηονυ, a well-known literary historian, was the son of Thomas Wood, bachelor of arts and of the civil law, and was born at Oxford on the 17th of December 1632. He studied at Merton College, and in 1655 took the degree of master of arts. He wrote, 1. The History and Antiquities of the University of Oxford; which... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-091603-0956 | WOOD-ENGRAVING is the art of representing objects on wood, by lines and points, in order to their being impressed on paper. This art is of very ancient date, having been practised by the Egyptians. Some bricks found on the site of ancient Babylon are preserved in the British Museum, with characters upon them which have... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-091801-0958 | WOODAH, a long curved island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, on the west coast, extending about thirteen miles in length. Lat. of its northern point, 13. 22. S. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-091802-0958 | WOODBRIDGE, a market-town of the county of Suffolk, in the hundred of Loes, eight miles from Ipswich and seventy-eight from London. It is situated on the navigable river Deben, and has some ship-building, and some trade by sea with London, Newcastle, and Hull. The principal streets are well built and well paved. The pa... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-091803-0958 | WOODCHESTER, a town of the county of Gloucester, in the hundred of Longtrees, 104 miles from London. It is a manufacturing place for broad cloths, but the trade is on the decline. There is an endowed grammar school; and near to it is the magnificent scat of Lord Ducie. The population amounted in 1821 to 929, and in 183... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-091804-0958 | WOODWARD, John, was born in Derbyshire, on the 1st of May 1665. He was educated at a country school, where he learned the Latin and Greek languages, and was afterwards sent to London, where he is said to have been put apprentice to a linen-draper. He was not long in that station till he became acquainted with Dr Barwic... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-091805-0958 | WOODY Head, a high cape on the coast of New Zealand, in the South Pacific Ocean. Lat. 37. 42. S.
Woody Island, an island in the Eastern Seas. Long. 106. 5. E. Lat. 1. 46. N.
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kp-eb0721-091901-0959 | WOOL, AND ITS MANUFACTURES.
Τηε word wool is usually employed to designate the pile of the sheep and of some other animals. It may be defined a species of hair, but it is distinguishable from ordinary hair, properly so called, by being much more soft and flexible, and by possessing in a superior degree the property of... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-093801-0978 | WOOLER, a small town in the east division of Glendale, in the ward of Coquetdale and county of Northumberland. It stands on a gentle eminence, on the eastern declivity of the Cheviot Hills, at the foot of which runs the river Wooler, which falls into the Till about a mile below. It is a town of considerable antiquity; ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-093802-0978 | WOOLSTON, Thomas, was born at Northampton in 1669, and educated at Sidney College, Cambridge. He was chosen a fellow, and proceeded to the degree of B. D. His first appearance in the learned world was in 1705, in a work entitled “The old Apology for the Truth of the Christian Religion, against the Jews and Gentiles, re... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-093803-0978 | WOOLWICH, a large town and parish of the county of Kent, in the lathe of Sutton and the hundred of Black-heath, eight miles from London. It stands on the banks of the river Thames, and contains buildings of great extent connected with the public service, both naval and military. The dock-yard is well calculated for bui... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-093901-0979 | WOOTTON-BASSET, a market-town in the county of Wilts and hundred of Kingsbridge, eighty-nine miles from London. It stands on a gentle eminence, which commands an extensive view, and consists of one long street. It is a poor place, with mean houses, and has an inconsiderable market on Friday. Until 1832, it returned two... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-093902-0979 | WORCESTER, an inland English county in the Oxford circuit, and nearly in the centre of the kingdom. It is bounded on the north by Staffordshire and Shropshire, on the south by Gloucestershire, and on the east by Warwickshire. Its figure is very irregular; and it is remarkable for having several detached portions scatte... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-094101-0981 | WORCESTER, Edward Somerset, Marquis of, was a distinguished political character in the time of Charles I., by whom he was created earl of Glamorgan, while heir apparent to the marquis of Worcester. This nobleman flourished chiefly in the reign of Charles I., and seems to have been a most zealous adherent to the cause o... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-094102-0981 | WORGAUM, a town of Hindustan, in the province of Aurungabad, situated twenty miles west of Poonah. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-094103-0981 | WORK, in the manege. To work a horse, is to exercise him at pace, trot, or gallop, and ride him at the manege. To work a horse upon volts, or head and haunches in or between two heels, is to passage him, or make him go sideways upon parallel lines.
To Wore, in sea-language, is to direct the movements of a ship, by ada... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-094104-0981 | WORK-HOUSE, a place where indigent, vagrant, and idle people are set to work, and supplied with food and clothing. Work-houses are of two kinds, or at least are employed for two different purposes. Some are used as prisons for vagrants or sturdy beggars, who are there confined and compelled to labour for the benefit of... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-094105-0981 | WORKINGTON, a market-town of the county of Cumberland, in the ward of Allerdale, 311 miles from London. It stands on the sea-shore, where the rivers Derwent and Cocker enter the ocean. The coal-mines near it are the chief source of the trade, as they supply annual loading to hundreds of ships. There are also a consider... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-094106-0981 | WORKSOP, a market-town in the county of Nottingham and hundred of Bassetlaw, 143 miles from London. It stands in a pleasant valley near the source of the river Ryton. Here was formerly an Augustinian monastery, the chapel of which, in the cathedral form, is used as the parish church. Adjoining to the town there was for... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-094107-0981 | WORM, Olaf, or Olaus Wormius, a learned Danish physician, was born on the 13th of May 1588, at Arhusen in Jutland. After beginning his studies at home, he resided in several foreign universities, and travelled to various parts of Europe for improvement. After having taken the degree of M. D. at Basel, he returned to hi... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-094201-0982 | WORMS, an ancient city of Germany, now in the principality of Hesse-Darmstadt and province of the Rhine, and the capital of the bailiwick of its own name, ft stands on the Rhine, where the Eisbach falls into that river. It is surrounded with ancient and untenable fortifications, and is much reduced from the condition i... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 49 37' 49" N 8 15' 7" E | WORMS |
kp-eb0721-094202-0982 | WORONESH, one of the governments or stadtholderates into which the Russian empire in Europe is divided. It takes the name from its capital city, and extends in north latitude from 48° 37' to 52° 53', and in east longitude from 38° 35' to 14° 17'. It is bounded on the north by Tambow, on the north-east by Saratow, on th... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-094203-0982 | WORSHIP of God (cultus Dei) amounts to the same with what we otherwise call religion. See Religion and Theology . | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-094204-0982 | WORSTEAD, an ancient market-town in the county of Norfolk and hundred of Tunstead, only remarkable from having given its name to a kind of woollen thread. It has a small market on Saturday. The population amounted in 1821 to 706, and in 1831 to 830. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-094205-0982 | WORT, the infusion of malt, of which beer is made. See Brewing. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-094206-0982 | WORTHING, a town of the county of Sussex, fifty-nine miles from London, in the hundred of Brightford and rape of Bramber. It is in the parish of Broadwater, on the sea-shore, and within the last thirty years has been frequented for the purpose of sea-bathing. From a hamlet with a few fishing cottages, it has thus incre... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-094207-0982 | WOTTON, Sir Ηενrυ, an eminent writer, was the son of Thomas Wotton, Esq., and was born on the 30th of March 1568. He studied for some time at New College, Oxford, whence he removed to Queen’s College, where he made a great progress in logic and philosophy; and wrote a tragedy for the use of that college, called Tancred... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-094301-0983 | WOUNDS, in Surgery. See Surgery. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-094302-0983 | WOW, a fortified town of Hindustan, province of Gujerat, district of Neycr, of which it may be considered as the capital. It is the residence of 1000 Rajpoot families. Long. 71. 23. E. Lat. 24. 11. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 24 11' N 71 23' E | WOW |
kp-eb0721-094303-0983 | WOWAMIA, a town of Hindustan, province of Gujerat, on the eastern shore of the Runn, where there is a ferry for conveying travellers to the district of Cutch. Long. 70. 47. E. Lat. 22. 50. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 22 50' N 70 47' E | WOWAMIA |
kp-eb0721-094304-0983 | WREATH, in Heraldry, a roll of fine linen or silk (like that of a Turkish turban), consisting of the colours borne in the escutcheon, placed in an achievement between the helmet and the crest, and immediately supporting the crest. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-094305-0983 | WREN, Sir Christopher, one of the most learned, scientific, and eminent architects of his age, was the son of Dr Christopher Wren, dean of Windsor, and was born on the 20th of October 1632. He studied at Wadham College, Oxford; where he took the degree of A. M. in 1653, and was chosen fellow of All Souls College. When ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-094306-0983 | WRESTLING, a kind of combat or engagement between two persons unarmed, body to body, to prove their strength and dexterity, and try which can throw his opponent to the ground. Wrestling is an exercise of very great antiquity and fame. It was in use in the heroic age; witness Hercules, who wrestled with Antaeus. It cont... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-094307-0983 | WREXHAM, a market-town of the county of Denbigh, in North Wales, in the hundred of the same name, 188 miles from London and ten from Chester. It is finely situated on a rising ground, and has a church, in elegance and beauty surpassing many of the cathedrals of the kingdom, and richly adorned with images and curious ca... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-094308-0983 | WRINGTON, a market-town of the county of Somerset, in the hundred of Brent and Wrington, 125 miles from London. It is chiefly noted as the birth-place of that great philosopher John Locke. It has a small market on Tuesday. The population amounted in 1821 to 1349, and in 1831 to 1540. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-094309-0983 | WRIT, in Law, signifies, in general, the king’s precept in writing under seal, issuing out of some court, directed to the sheriff or other officer, and commanding something to be done in relation to a suit or action, or giving commission to have the same done. And, according to Fitzherbert, a writ is said to be a forma... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-094310-0983 | WRITING, the art or act of signifying and conveying our ideas to others, by letters or characters visible to the eye.
The most ancient remains of writing which have been transmitted to us are upon hard substances, such as stones and metals, which were used by the ancients for edicts and matters of public notoriety. Th... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-094401-0984 | WUDWAN, a town of Hindustan, province of Gujerat, district of Chalawara. It is of considerable extent and population, and possesses a fort of considerable strength, almost new. It belongs to a rajpoot family noted for their skill and bravery in predatory wars. In 1805 it was besieged for two months without success by t... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-094402-0984 | WURDA, a river of Hindustan, province of Berar. It has its source in the Injardy Hills, two miles north of the Barooly Pass, in the province of Berar, whence it flows in a south-east direction, and after a course of about 200 miles falls into the Godavery. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-094403-0984 | WÜRTEMBERG, a kingdom in the interior of Germany, formed, within the last few years, out of the ancient duchy of the same name, with the addition of several smaller territories progressively combined with it, in the reigns of the last two sovereigns, by an accommodating policy, and a sedulous regard to their own intere... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-094701-0987 | WÜRZBURG, a large city of Bavaria, formerly the capital of the sequestrated ecclesiastical principality of that name, but now the chief place of a bailiwick to which it gives the name, in the Bavarian province of the Lower Maine. It still retains the name of a grand duchy, and comprehends an extent of nearly 2000 squar... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 49 46' 6" N 9 49' 25" E | WÜRZBURG |
kp-eb0721-094702-0987 | WYCHERLEY, W illiam, a comic writer who occupied a very conspicuous place among the wits of his age, was born about the year 1640. He was the eldest son of Daniel Wycherley, Esq., a gentleman possessed of a considerable estate near the town of Shrewsbury. Wycherley was probably a cavalier by descent, for during the las... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-094901-0989 | WYCLIFFE, John, who was born about the year 1324, derived his name from the place of his nativity, a village six miles from Richmond in Yorkshire. From the era of the Norman conquest, the family to which he is supposed to have belonged had been lords of the manor, and patrons of the rectory of Wycliffe; and it is to be... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095201-0992 | WYCOMBE, Chipping or High, a market-town of the county of Bucks and hundred of Desborough, twenty-nine miles from London. It is a well-built town, pleasantly situated on a brook which joins the Thames at Marlow, but near Wycombe turns the wheels of several paper-mills, and of others for grinding corn. It is incorporate... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095202-0992 | WYE, a town of the county of Kent, in the lathe of Scray and hundred of the same name, fifty-five miles from London. It stands on the river Stour, and had a market, which has of late years been discontinued. The population amounted in 1821 to 1508, and in 1831 to 1639.
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kp-eb0721-095301-0993 | WYMONDHAM, a market-town of the county of Norfolk, in the hundred of Forehoe, 100 miles from London, and nine from Norwich. It is pleasantly situated, and has a church formed out of the ruins of an old Benedictine convent. It has a market on Friday. The population of the whole parish, comprehending six divisions, amoun... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095302-0993 | WYNAAD, a district of Hindustan, province of Malabar, situated between the 11th and 12th degrees of north latitude, and comprehending an area of 1250 square miles. It is mountainous, and overrun with wood. It is now included in the Malabar collectorship. Its immediate ruler is a Nair chieftain, now tributary to the Bri... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095303-0993 | WYNDHAM, Sir WILLIAM, descended of an ancient family, was born about the year 1687, and succeeded young to the title and estate of his father. On his return from his travels, he was chosen member for the county of Somerset, in which station he served in the three last parliaments of Queen Anne, and as long as he lived.... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095304-0993 | WYRA Ghur, a town of Hindustan, province of Gundwanch, formerly tributary to the rajah of Nagpore. Long. 80. 56. E. Lat. 20. 31. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095305-0993 | X, or x, is the twenty third letter of our alphabet, and a double consonant. It was not used by the Hebrews or ancient Greeks; for as it is a compound letter, the ancients, who used great simplicity in their writings, expressed this letter by its component letters c s . Neither have the Italians this letter, but expres... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095306-0993 | XATIVA, a government of Spain, in the kingdom of Valencia, extending from the river Alcia to the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. It is now more commonly called St Felipe, its ancient name having been changed by law since the expulsion of the Moors. The capital of the partido of the same name was founded by the Romans,... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095307-0993 | XEBEC or Zebec, a small three-masted vessel, navigated in the Mediterranean Sea, and on the coasts of Spain, Portugal, and Barbary. See Ship-Building. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095308-0993 | XENOCRATES, a celebrated ancient Grecian philosopher, was born at Chalcedon in the ninety-fifth Olympiad. At first he attached himself to Aeschines, but afterwards became a disciple of Plato, who took much pains in cultivating his genius, which was naturally heavy. His temper was gloomy, his aspect severe, and his mann... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095401-0994 | XENOPHANES, the founder of the Eleaic sect of philosophy among the Greeks, was born at Colophon, probably about the sixty-fifth Olympiad. From some cause or other he left his country early, and took refuge in Sicily, where he supported himself by reciting, in the court of Hiero, elegiac and iambic verses, which he had ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095402-0994 | XENOPHON, an illustrious philosopher, commander, and historian, was the son of Gryllus, an Athenian, and is supposed to have been born in the fourth year of the eighty-third Olympiad, 445 b. c. When he was a youth, Socrates, struck with his personal appearance, determined to admit him into the number of his pupils. Mee... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095403-0994 | XERES de la Frontera, so called to distinguish it from a small town of the same name near Antequera. It is the capital of a district of the province of Andalusia, in Spain, about ten miles from the sea-shore at Puerto Santa Maria. The early history of this place is obscure, and the origin of its name a very disputable ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095501-0995 | XICOCO, or Sikokf, an island, the smallest of the three that compose the empire of Japan. In length it is 100 miles, and sixty in breadth. It is only separated by narrow straits from the island of Niphon on the one side, and Ximo on the other. This island is almost entirely unknown to Europeans, as they are rigorously ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095502-0995 | XIMENA, a city of Spain, in the province of Andalusia, about twenty-five miles from the British fortress of Gibraltar. It is utterly inaccessible for any kind of wheelcarriages. It was once a place of importance, as it gave the title of king to Abou Melic, the son of the emperor of Fez. In more ancient times, it was a ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095503-0995 | XIMENES DE CISNEROS, Francisco, a celebrated cardinal, was born at Torrelaguna, in Old Castille, in 1437, and studied at Alcala and Salamanca. He then went to Rome; and being robbed on the road, brought nothing back but a bull for obtaining the first vacant prebend; but the archbishop of Toledo refused to grant it, and... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095601-0996 | XIMO, or Kiusiu, an island of Japan, second in magnitude to Niphon, being upwards of 200 miles in length, about 150 in breadth, and containing many excellent harbours and flourishing cities. Europeans are rigorously excluded from all intercourse with this island, with the exception of the Dutch, who are still allowed t... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095602-0996 | XIXONA, a city of Spain, the capital of the fertile partido of that name, in the province of Valencia. It is to the north-east of the port of Alicant, from which its chief productions are exported. The vicinity is covered with abundant woods of palm-trees; and mixed with them are extensive plantations of almonds, which... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095603-0996 | XULLA Islands, four islands in the Eastern Seas. The most considerable of them is Xulla Bessey, which is about eleven leagues in length, in good cultivation, and well inhabited. This island abounds with wax and honey. There is a village adjacent to the south-east point, where the Dutch have a fort, and where ships may ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095701-0997 | XULLABELLA, an island in the Eastern Seas, about twenty-five miles long and six broad. Long. 126. 12. E. Lat. 2. 15. S. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 2 15' S 126 12' E | XULLABELLA |
kp-eb0721-095702-0997 | XULLAMANGOLA, an island in the Eastern Seas, about thirty miles long and ten broad. Long. 125. 42. E. Lat. 1. 54. S. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 1 54' S 125 42' E | XULLAMANGOLA |
kp-eb0721-095703-0997 | XUN, a city of China, of the second rank, in the province of Sechuen. Long. 103. 20. E. Lat. 30. 18. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095704-0997 | XYNOECIA, an anniversary feast observed by the Athenians in honour of Minerva, upon the sixteenth of Hecatombaeon, to commemorate their leaving, by the persuasion of Theseus, their country seats, in which they lay dispersed here and there in Attica, and uniting together in one body. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095705-0997 | XYSTARCHA, the master or director of the xystus. In the Greek gymnasium, the xystarcha was the second officer, and the gymnasiarcha the first. The former was his lieutenant, and presided over the xysti, and all exercises of the athlete therein. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095706-0997 | XYSTUS, among the Greeks, was a long portico open or covered at the top, where the athlete practised wrestling and running. The gladiators who practised in it were called xystici. Among the Romans, the xystus was only an alley, or double row of trees, meeting like an arbour, and forming a shade to walk under. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095707-0997 | Y, or y, the twenty-fourth letter of our alphabet Its sound is formed by expressing the breath with a sudden expansion of the lips from that configuration by which we express the vowel u. At the beginning of words, it is commonly taken for a consonant, being placed before all vowels, as in yard, yield, young, &c. but b... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095708-0997 | YA, a city of China, of the second rank, in Sechuen. Long. 102. 39. E. Lat 30. 9. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 30 9' N 102 39' E | YA |
kp-eb0721-095709-0997 | YABARKULSKAIA, a village of Tobolsk, in Asiatic Russia, on the Irtysch, 120 miles east of Tobolsk. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095710-0997 | YACHT, a vessel rigged as a queen’s cutter, having a boom-mainsail, foresail, and jib. They are generally used as pleasure-boats. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095711-0997 | YADI, a river of Asiatic Russia, which falls into the Ob-skaia Gulf. Long. 72. 38. E. Lat. 67. 25. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 67 25' N 72 38' E | YADI |
kp-eb0721-095712-0997 | YAKOUTSK, one of the four districts into which the province of Irkoutsk, in Asiatic Russia, is divided. It extends as far as the Frozen Ocean, north from the boundary of the provinces of Irkoutsk proper and of Nertschinsk. It is bounded on the east by the province of Okhotsk, which intervenes between the eastern extrem... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 60 2' N 140 8' E | YAKOUTSK |
kp-eb0721-095713-0997 | YAMSKOI, a fortress of Asiatic Russia, in the government of Okhotsk, at the mouth of the river Yama, about 800 miles north of Okhotsk. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095714-0997 | YAMYCHEFSKAIA, a fortress of Asiatic Russia, in [7:21:958] the government of Tomsk and district of Blisk, situated on a high bank of the Irtysch. It was built in 1715 of wood, and was rebuilt in 1765 of earth, with 200 well-built houses attached to it, besides barracks for the garrison, magazines, and a stone church. T... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 60 12' N 77 50' E | YAMYCHEFSKAIA |
kp-eb0721-095801-0998 | YANG, the name of two towns in China, of the third rank, one in Chan-si, near the river Han, the other in Yunan. There is also a town of this name in Corea. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095802-0998 | YANG-CHAN, a town of China, of the third rank, in Quang-tong. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | YANG-CHAN | |
kp-eb0721-095803-0998 | YANG-CONG, a river of China, which runs into the Kincha. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095804-0998 | YANG-HO, a river of China, which joins the San-cam-ho. Long. 112. 49. E. Lat. 40. 23. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 40 23' N 112 49' E | YANG-HO |
kp-eb0721-095805-0998 | YANG-KANG, a town of China, of the third rank, in Tche-kiang, twenty-two miles south-east of Kin-hoa. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095806-0998 | YANG-TCHEOU, a city of China, of the first rank, in Kiang-nan, situated on the bank of the Royal Canal, where it crosses the great river Yang-tse∙kiang. It is a place of great trade, and, besides dealing in all manner of Chinese goods, is a great mart for salt, which is made on the seacoast, and which is distributed ov... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 32 26' N 118 54' E | YANG-TCHEOU |
kp-eb0721-095807-0998 | YANG-TSE-KIANG, the largest river in the Chinese empire, and one of the greatest in the world. Its source, which is unknown to Europeans, is laid down in the Chinese maps as situated among the mountains of Tibet. It flows during the first part of its course along the borders of China; after which it enters the Chinese ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | YANG-TSE-KIANG | |
kp-eb0721-095808-0998 | YANGUIN, Chainwah, a town of the Birman empire, situated on the east bank of the Irrawuddy river. It is the station of a custom-house. Long. 95. 45. E. Lat. 17. 7. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 17 7' N 95 45' E | YANGUIN |
kp-eb0721-095809-0998 | YANTCHIN or Wantchin, a city of China, of the second rank, in Quangsee. Long. 106.51.E. Lat.28.1. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 28 1' N 106 51' E | YANTCHIN |
kp-eb0721-095810-0998 | YAO, a city of China, of the second rank, in Chan-si. Long. 108. 31. E. Lat. 35. 54. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 35 54' N 108 31' E | YAO |
kp-eb0721-095811-0998 | YAO-NGAN, a city of China, of the first rank, situated on the frontier province of Yunan. Near it is a well producing a very white salt. Long. 101. E. Lat. 25. 33. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 25 33' N 101 E | YAO-NGAN |
kp-eb0721-095812-0998 | YAO-TCHEOU, a city of China, situated on the northern side of the Poyang lake. It is a great emporium of the porcelain manufactures, and supports a great population. Long. 116. 14. E. Lat. 29. 0. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 29 0' N 116 14' E | YAO-TCHEOU |
kp-eb0721-095813-0998 | YARD of a Ship , a long piece of timber suspended upon the masts, to extend the sails to the wind. All yards are either square or lateen; the former of which are suspended across the masts at right angles, and the latter obliquely. The square yards are nearly of a cylindrical surface. They taper from the middle, which ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095814-0998 | YARE, among sailors, implies ready or quick: as, be yare at the helm; that is, be quick, ready, and expeditious at the helm. It is sometimes also used for bright by seamen: as, to keep his arms yare; that is, to keep them clean and bright.
Yare, a river of Norfolk, which runs from west to east through that county, pas... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095815-0998 | YARKUND, a city of Cashgar, in that part of Chinese Tartary which commonly goes by the name of Little Bucharia. It is situated on a river of the same name, on the eastern side of that great range of mountains which extends northwards from the Himalaya range, and divides Chinese from Independent Tartary. This city, afte... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 38 19' N 78 27' 45" E | YARKUND |
kp-eb0721-095816-0998 | YARM, or Yarum, a market-town of the north riding of Yorkshire, in the wapentake of Langbarough, 244 miles from London. It stands on the river Tees, over which is a handsome bridge, and consists of one long wide street. It has a considerable trade by sea, and much corn and lead are shipped for London. There were in anc... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095817-0998 | YARMOUTH, a seaport town and borough of the county of Norfolk and hundred of East Flegg, 124 miles from London. The old town is situated on the eastern bank of the Yare, and is connected with the new town, called Little Yarmouth, by means of a bridge over that river. The old town, which is still surrounded by walls, co... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095901-0999 | YARMUC, or Yarun, a village of Palestine, in the district of Saphet, on a small river of the same name, which falls into the lake of Tiberias. It is twenty-four miles south of Saphet.
Yabmuc, a river of Syria, the ancient Marsyas, which runs into the Orontes near Apamea. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0721-095902-0999 | YAULY, a town of Hindustan, province of Berar, nineteen miles south-west from Nagpoor. Long. 79.1. E. Lat. 26. 25. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 26 25' N 79 1' E | YAULY |
kp-eb0721-095903-0999 | YAWNING, an involuntary opening of the mouth, generally produced by weariness or an inclination to sleep. Yawning, according to Boerhaave, is performed by expanding at one and the same time all the muscles capable of spontaneous motion, by greatly extending the lungs; by drawing in gradually and slowly a large quantity... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | YAWNING |
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