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  • 41serpentine — serpentine1 /serr peuhn teen , tuyn /, adj., n., v., serpentined, serpentining. adj. 1. of, characteristic of, or resembling a serpent, as in form or movement. 2. having a winding course, as a road; sinuous. 3. shrewd, wily, or cunning. n. 4. a… …

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  • 42weave — /weev/, v., wove or (esp. for 5, 9) weaved; woven or wove; weaving; n. v.t. 1. to interlace (threads, yarns, strips, fibrous material, etc.) so as to form a fabric or material. 2. to form by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some… …

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  • 43Salton —    SALTON, a parish, in the county of Haddington; containing, with the villages of East and West Salton, 770 inhabitants, of whom 261 are in the village of East Salton, and 167 in the village of West Salton, respectively 6 miles (S. W. by S.) and …

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  • 44Walston —    WALSTON, a parish, in the Upper ward of the county of Lanark; containing, with the village of Ellsrickle, 493 inhabitants, of whom 101 are in the village of Walston, 4 miles (N. by E.) from Biggar. The ancient name is supposed by some to have… …

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  • 45slalom — [ slα:ləm] noun a ski race down a winding course marked out by poles. ↘a canoeing or sailing race over a similar course. verb move or race in a winding path, avoiding obstacles. Derivatives slalomer noun Origin 1920s: from Norw., lit. sloping… …

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  • 46meander — [16] The word meander comes from the name of an actual river, the Maeander (now known as the Büyük Menderes), which flows through Turkey into the Aegean sea. It was famous in ancient times for its winding course, and so Greek maíandros came to be …

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  • 47Eel River (California) — Geobox | River name = Eel River category = River image size = image caption = etymology = country = United States country state = California district type = County district = Humbolt Country district1 = Lake Country district2 = Mendocino Country… …

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  • 48Perthshire —    PERTHSHIRE, an inland and most extensive county, nearly in the centre of Scotland, bounded on the north and north west by Inverness shire; on the east by the county of Forfar; on the south east by the counties of Fife and Kinross; on the south …

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  • 49Inverness-Shire —    INVERNESS SHIRE, an extensive county, in the north of Scotland, bounded on the north by Ross shire and the Moray Frith; on the east, by the counties of Nairn, Elgin, Banff, and Aberdeen; on the south, by Perth shire and the county of Argyll;… …

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  • 50River Hull — River The tidal barrier at the mouth of the river …

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