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  • 101Medeshamstede — Anglo Saxon sculpture from Medeshamstede: the so called Hedda Stone , kept in Peterborough Cathedral Medeshamstede (   …

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  • 102Bombardment — Bom*bard ment, n. [F. bombardement.] An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or fortified place. [1913 Webster] || …

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  • 103Garrison — Gar ri*son, n. [OE. garnisoun, F. garnison garrison, in OF. & OE. also, provision, munitions, from garnir to garnish. See {Garnish}.] (Mil.) (a) A body of troops stationed in a fort or fortified town. (b) A fortified place, in which troops are… …

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  • 104In garrison — Garrison Gar ri*son, n. [OE. garnisoun, F. garnison garrison, in OF. & OE. also, provision, munitions, from garnir to garnish. See {Garnish}.] (Mil.) (a) A body of troops stationed in a fort or fortified town. (b) A fortified place, in which… …

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  • 105castle — I. noun Etymology: Middle English castel, from Old English, from Old French & Latin; Old French dialect (Norman Picard) castel, from Latin castellum fortress, diminutive of castrum fortified place; perhaps akin to Latin castrare to castrate Date …

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  • 106Leibnitz — Infobox Ort in Österreich Art = Stadt Name = Leibnitz Wappen = lat deg = 46 | lat min = 46 | lat sec = 59 lon deg = 15 | lon min = 32 | lon sec = 42 Bundesland = Steiermark Bezirk = Leibnitz Höhe = 275 Fläche = 5.96 Einwohner = 7395 Stand = 2005… …

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  • 107Felim O'Neill of Kinard — Sir Felim O Neill of Kinard (died August 1653), better known as Phelim O Neill was an Irish nobleman who led the Irish Rebellion of 1641 in Ulster which began on 22 October 1641. His first name is also translated from the Gaelic Féilim as Phelim …

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  • 108Flers, Orne — French commune nomcommune=Flers région=Basse Normandie département=Orne arrondissement=Argentan canton= chief town of Flers Nord and of Flers Sud insee=61169 cp=61100 maire=Yves Goasdoué mandat=2001 2008 intercomm=Communauté d agglomération du… …

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  • 109Chesters Hill Fort — For the Roman fort on Hadrian s Wall, see Cilurnum. Chesters Hill Fort is an Iron Age hill fort in East Lothian, Scotland. It lies one mile south of Drem, 1.5 miles east of Ballencrieff Castle, 2.5 miles north of Haddington, and 2 miles west of… …

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  • 110bastion — bastionary /bas cheuh ner ee/, adj. bastioned, adj. /bas cheuhn, tee euhn/, n. 1. Fort. a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work. 2. a fortified place. 3. anything… …

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