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8; run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along | 8; run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along | ||
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| + | 128; (also: Adam Bremensis) One of the most important German medieval chroniclers. He lived and worked in the second half of the 11th century. He is most famous for his chronicle ''Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum'' (''Deeds of Bishops of the Hamburg Church''); [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_of_Bremen Wikipedia entry] | ||
'''aeronaut''': the pilot of a balloon or airship; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_Columbian_Exposition Chicago World's Fair, 1893] and [http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA96/WCE/title.html more here] | '''aeronaut''': the pilot of a balloon or airship; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_Columbian_Exposition Chicago World's Fair, 1893] and [http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA96/WCE/title.html more here] | ||
Revision as of 16:39, 14 October 2006
absquatulate
8; run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
Adam of Bremen
128; (also: Adam Bremensis) One of the most important German medieval chroniclers. He lived and worked in the second half of the 11th century. He is most famous for his chronicle Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum (Deeds of Bishops of the Hamburg Church); Wikipedia entry
aeronaut: the pilot of a balloon or airship; Chicago World's Fair, 1893 and more here
Anarchism
6; "the inexorable rising tide of World Anarchism..."
Anemometer
6; An instrument for measuring wind speed; Robinson anemometer, 6 Wikipedia entry
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