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  • 51Drache von Henham — Der Drache von Henham, Holzschnitt aus The Flying Serpent, or: Strange News out of Essex (1669) Der Drache von Henham (englisch Henham Dragon) ist ein sagenhaftes Drachenwesen, das angeblich am 27. und 28. Mai 1668 im Dorf Henham in… …

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  • 52Abraham —    Father of a multitude, son of Terah, named (Gen. 11:27) before his older brothers Nahor and Haran, because he was the heir of the promises. Till the age of seventy, Abram sojourned among his kindred in his native country of Chaldea. He then,… …

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  • 53Desert —    1) Heb. midbar, pasture ground; an open tract for pasturage; a common (Joel 2:22). The backside of the desert (Ex. 3:1) is the west of the desert, the region behind a man, as the east is the region in front. The same Hebrew word is rendered… …

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  • 54Dothan —    Two wells, a famous pasture ground where Joseph found his brethren watching their flocks. Here, at the suggestion of Judah, they sold him to the Ishmaelite merchants (Gen. 37:17). It is mentioned on monuments in B.C. 1600.    It was the… …

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  • 55OELAND —    (37), an island off the SE. coast of Sweden, 55 m. long and about 10 m. broad; has good pasture ground, and yields alum; the fisheries good …

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  • 56Inch-Cruin —    INCH CRUIN, an isle, in the parish of Buchanan, county of Stirling. This isle, of which the name signifies the Round Island, is situated in Loch Lomond, and is about three quarters of a mile in length, affording some good arable and pasture… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 57Herdwick — [ hə:dwɪk] noun a sheep of a hardy mountain breed from the north of England. Origin C19: from obs. herdwick pasture ground …

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  • 58grass — noun 1》 vegetation consisting of short plants with long narrow leaves, growing wild or cultivated on lawns and pasture.     ↘ground covered with grass. 2》 a plant with jointed stems and spikes of small wind pollinated flowers, predominant in such …

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  • 59herdwick — n. 1 an animal of a hardy breed of mountain sheep from N. England. 2 this breed. Etymology: obs. herdwick pasture ground (as HERD, WICK(2)), perh. because this breed originated in Furness Abbey pastures …

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  • 60AGRICULTURAL LAND-MANAGEMENT METHODS AND IMPLEMENTS IN ANCIENT EREẒ ISRAEL — Ereẓ Israel is a small country with a topographically fragmented territory, each geographical region having a distinctive character of its own. These regions include: the coastal plain, the lowlands, the hilly country, the inland valleys, the… …

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