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121fitfulness — See fitfully. * * * …
122doze — doze1 /dohz/, v., dozed, dozing, n. v.i. 1. to sleep lightly or fitfully. 2. to fall into a light sleep unintentionally (often fol. by off): He dozed off during the sermon. 3. to sleep for a short time; nap. 4. to be dull or half asleep. v.t. 5.… …
123herky-jerky — /herr kee jerr kee/, adj. progressing in a fitfully jerky or irregular manner: a herky jerky home movie shown on an old projector. [1955 60; rhyming compound based on JERK1, Y1] * * * …
124Indonesia — /in deuh nee zheuh, sheuh, zee euh, doh /, n. 1. See East Indies (def. 1). 2. Republic of. Formerly, Netherlands East Indies, Dutch East Indies. a republic in the Malay Archipelago consisting of 13,677 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi,… …
125Jahangir — /jeuh hahn gear, yeuh /, n. 1569 1627, 4th Mogul emperor in India 1605 27 (son of Akbar). Also, Jehangir. * * * or Jehangir born Aug. 31, 1569, Fatehpur, Sikri, India died Oct. 28, 1627, en route to Lahore Mughal emperor of India (1605–27).… …
126Mahmud II — /mah moohd / 1785 1839, sultan of Turkey 1809 39. * * * ▪ Ottoman sultan born July 20, 1785, Constantinople died July 1, 1839, Constantinople Ottoman sultan (1808–39) whose westernizing reforms helped to consolidate the Ottoman Empire… …
127Star-Spangled Banner, The — 1. See Stars and Stripes. 2. (italics) the national anthem of the United States of America, based on a poem written by Francis Scott Key on September 14, 1814, and set by him to the melody of the English song To Anacreon in Heaven: officially… …
128Yemen — /yem euhn, yay meuhn/, n. 1. Republic of, a country in S Arabia, formed in 1990 by the merger of the Yemen Arab Republic and the People s Democratic Republic of Yemen. 13,972,477; 207,000 sq. mi. (536,130 sq. km). Cap.: (political) San a. Cap.:… …
