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  • 11Castle [2] — Castle, Edmund, s. Castell …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 12Castle — (engl., spr. kaßl), Burg, Schloß …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 13Castle — (engl., spr. kahßl), Burg, Schloß …

    Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • 14Castle —    CASTLE, a village, in the parish of New Cumnock, district of Kyle, county of Ayr; containing 155 inhabitants …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 15Castle — er et engelsk ord for en borg eller slot …

    Danske encyklopædi

  • 16castle — [n] magnificent home, often for royalty acropolis, alcazar, château, citadel, donjon, estate house, fasthold, fastness, fort, fortification, fortress, hold, keep, manor, mansion, palace, peel, safehold, seat, stronghold, tower, villa; concept 516 …

    New thesaurus

  • 17castle — ► NOUN 1) a large fortified building or group of buildings, typically of the medieval period. 2) Chess, informal old fashioned term for ROOK(Cf. ↑rook). ● castles in the air (or in Spain) Cf. ↑castles in the air …

    English terms dictionary

  • 18Castle — This article is about medieval fortifications. For other uses, see Castle (disambiguation). For a list of all castles, see List of castles. For similar but unrelated structures in Japan, see Japanese castle …

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  • 19castle — castlelike, adj. /kas euhl, kah seuhl/, n., v., castled, castling. n. 1. a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times. 2. the chief and strongest part of the fortifications of a medieval city. 3. a strongly… …

    Universalium

  • 20Castle — /kas euhl, kah seuhl/, n. Irene (Foote), 1893 1969, born in the U.S., and her husband and partner Vernon (Vernon Castle Blythe), 1887 1918, born in England, U.S. ballroom dancers. * * * I Medieval European stronghold, generally the fortified… …

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