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  • 111Lemnian Athena — The Lemnian Athena or Athena Lemnia , was a classical Greek statue of the goddess Athena. According to Pausanias (1.28.2), the original bronze was created by Phidias circa 450 440 BCE, for Athenians living on Lemnos to dedicate on the Acropolis… …

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  • 112South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …

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  • 113Sea shanty — For the song Sea Shanty by Quasi, see Featuring Birds For the album Sea Shanties by English band High Tide, see High Tide (band). Sailors sang shanties while performing shipboard labor A shanty (also spelled chantey , chanty ) is a type of work… …

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  • 114HMS Eurydice (1841) — HMS Eurydice was a 24 gun frigate which was the victim of one of Britain s worst peace time naval disasters when she sank in 1878.Origins of the Eurydice Designed by Admiral the Hon. G. Elliot, the second Eurydice was a very fast 24 26 gun… …

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  • 115USS Spuyten Duyvil (1864) — During the American Civil War, the Union Navy suffered heavy losses from the explosion of Confederate torpedoes. This experience prompted the Union Navy to design and build vessels capable of using this new weapon. One effort along this line… …

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  • 116forelock — forelock1 /fawr lok , fohr /, n. 1. the lock of hair that grows from the fore part of the head. 2. (of a horse) a tuft of hair above or on the forehead. See diag. under horse. [1640 50; FORE + LOCK2; prob. not continuous with OE foreloccas (pl.) …

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  • 117Gaur — This article is about the bovine animal. For other uses, see Gaur (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Gaur, West Bengal. Gaur Bos gaurus Conservation status …

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  • 118Victor de Buck —     Victor de Buck     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Victor de Buck     Bollandist, born at Oudenarde, Flanders, 21 April, 1817; died 28 June, 1876. His family was one of the most distinguished in the city of Oudenarde. After a brilliant course in… …

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  • 119Monzie —    MONZIE, a parish, in the county of Perth; containing, with the villages of Chapelhill and Herriotfield, 1261 inhabitants, of whom 118 are in the village of Monzie, 3 miles (N. N. E.) from Crieff. The name Monzie is derived from the Gaelic… …

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  • 120forward — adj., n., adv., & v. adj. 1 lying in one s line of motion. 2 a onward or towards the front. b Naut. belonging to the fore part of a ship. 3 precocious; bold in manner; presumptuous. 4 Commerce relating to future produce, delivery, etc. (forward… …

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