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Definition of Corner Corner tooth, one of the four teeth which come in a horse's mouth at the age of four years and a half, one on each side of the upper and of the lower jaw, between the middle teeth and the tushes. Corner stone, the stone which lies at the corner of two walls, and unites them; the principal stone; especially, the stone which forms the corner of the foundation of an edifice; hence, that which is fundamental importance or indispensable. To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it; as, to corner the shares of a railroad stock; to corner petroleum. www.wordiq.com /define/Corner

Round Prairie Township, Minnesota Round Prairie Township is a township located in Todd County, Minnesota. www.worldhistory.com /wiki/R/Round-Prairie-Township,-Minnesota.htm

Round tower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A round tower was primarily a bell tower, or belfry, as the Irish form of the name cloictheach clearly indicates, and as was proved by George Petrie as long ago as 1845 and never seriously challenged since. Round towers are not to be confused with the round-tower churches in England. Generally built in the vicinity of a church or monastery, the door of the round tower was usually aligned with the west doorway of the main church. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Round_tower   (827 words)

AllRefer.com - goby (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia The round goby, native to the Black, Caspian, and Azov seas, has become a common pest species in the Great Lakes. Gobies may be either scaled or scaleless; all species have the ventral fins modified into a sucking disk, as in the clingfish of the family Gobiesocidae. On the Pacific coast the longjaw goby, or mudsucker, is a common bait fish. reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/goby.html   (242 words)

Hood County News - Granbury, Texas Fertilized and weed free coastal round and square bales. www.hoodcountynews.com /Classresults.asp?MH=300&Classification=303   (242 words)

Round - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Round (Theosophy), a planetary cycle of reincarnation in Theosophy. In mathematics, to round (or round up or round down) is used to truncate the number of significant figures of a figure. Vowel roundedness; in phonetics, whether a vowel is rounded or unrounded. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Round   (188 words)

Round Rock, Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Round Rock is home to the Class AAA Pacific Coast League minor league baseball team Round Rock Express, which is owned by (and named for) Nolan Ryan. Round Rock is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within the Austin–Round Rock metropolitan area and Williamson County. Downtown Round Rock is the site of the gunfight and subsequent capture (then death) of the nineteenth-century American train robber, Sam Bass, by the Texas Rangers on July 19, 1878. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Round_Rock,_Texas   (495 words)

Round Island - Île Ronde In the early 19th century goats and rabbits were introduced to Round Island. Round Island is the remnant of an extinct, eroded and now partly submerged volcanic cone situated about 22 kilometres (15 miles) to the North East of Mauritius, this island is an ecological treasure house. Round Island is sufficiently isolated that not only is it the final refuge for many Mascarine endemics, but over the eons, a number of unique animals and plants have evolved there, but like Mauritius, it has suffered degradation. www.encyclopedia.mu /Nature/Geography/Islets/RoundIsland   (279 words)

Round Midnight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Round Midnight is a 1986 film which tells the story of a tenor saxophone player in Paris in the 1950s who befriends a poor Frenchman who idolizes the musician and tries to help him to get out of his life of alcohol abuse. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Round_Midnight   (126 words)

Roosevelt, Theodore. 1885. Hunting Trips of a Ranchman: VI. A Trip on the Prairie. After passing the last line of low, rounded scoria buttes, the horse stepped out on the border of the great, seemingly endless stretches of rolling or nearly level prairie, over which I had planned to travel and hunt for the next two or three days. The latter have a nurse in the shape of a fat old ewe; and it is funny to see her, when alarmed, running off at a waddling gait, while her ungainly little foster-children skip round and round her, cutting the most extraordinary antics. If a deer is hung up and they can get at it they will pick it to pieces with their sharp bills; and their carnivorous tastes and their habit of coming round hunters' camps after the game that is left out, call to mind their kinsman, the whiskey-jack or moose-bird of the northern forests. www.bartleby.com /52/6.html   (126 words)

Hatton cartridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia These rounds comprise 12 gauge, semi-solid frangible slugs weighing 50 grams. When fired the full force of the round is delivered to the target, minimising the risk of injury to third parties behind the door being opened. Hinges are smashed from their fixings and damage is done to the surrounding woodwork. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hatton_round   (151 words)

ROUND TOWERS - LoveToKnow Article on ROUND TOWERS Round towers wider and lower in proportion than those of Ireland appear to have been built by many prehistoric races in different parts of Europe. During the 6th century church towers at and near Ravenna were usually built round in plan, and not unlike ihose of Ireland in their proportions. The later examples of these towers, dating from the 12th and i3th centuries, are often decorated with chevron, billet and other Norman enrichments round the jambs and arches. www.1911encyclopedia.org /R/RO/ROUND_TOWERS.htm   (941 words)

Round (Theosophy) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A round in the esoteric cosmology of Theosophy, Anthroposophy and Rosicrucianism is a cosmic cycle or sequence by which an evolving reincarnating being passes through the various stages of existence as the Earth, the Solar System or the Cosmos comes into and passes out of manifestation. During the Ancient Moon round, human beings underwent the animal stage, endowed with a physical, an etheric, and an astral vehicle. During the Ancient Sun round, human beings underwent the plant stage, being endowed with a physical and an etheric vehicle. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Round_(Theosophy)   (1214 words)

Short Round - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Short Round was Indiana Jones's kid sidekick in the film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Short_Round   (61 words)

Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Round Numbers (In). Thus we say the population of the British Isles is forty millions in round numbers, and that of London four millions (1895). The idea is that what is round is whole or perfect, and, of course, fractions, being broken numbers, cannot belong thereto. www.bartleby.com /81/14552.html   (61 words)

Round Rock, Texas -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article Round Rock is home to the Class AAA (Click link for more info and facts about Pacific Coast League) Pacific Coast League (Click link for more info and facts about minor league baseball) minor league baseball team (Click link for more info and facts about Round Rock Express) Round Rock Express. Round Rock is a city located in (Click link for more info and facts about Williamson County, Texas) Williamson County, Texas. Round Rock is located at 30°30'54" North, 97°40'21" West (30.514865, -97.672561). www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/round_rock,_texas.htm   (512 words)

Doha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Doha (Arabic: الدوحة;, Ad-Dawḥah or Ad-Dōḥah), population 339,847 (2004 census), is the capital of Qatar, and is at 25.3° N 51.5333° E, on the Persian Gulf. The Al Wajbah fortress, in southwestern Doha, was built in 1882 by al Rayyan, and, in the following year, witnessed the famous battle in which the people of Qatar, led by Sheikh Qassim, beat the Ottomans. The city is home to Doha International Airport and the major oil and fishing industries. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Doha   (282 words)

Round Island The MWF and the NPCS began by eradicating the goats and rabbits from Round Island, with the help of New Zealand experts. The survival of the Round Island boa is being further aided by the establishment of a captive breeding programme at the Jersey Zoo. Round Island, a 169 ha islet situated off the North coast of Mauritius, is also home to the last remnant of Palm Savannah, a habitat that was once widespread throughout much of coastal Mauritius. www.phelsumania.com /public/biogeography/mascarenes/round.html   (489 words)

Maya calendar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Since Calendar Round dates can only distinguish within 18980 days, equivalent to around 52 solar years, the cycle repeats roughly once each lifetime, and thus, a much more refined method of dating was needed if their history was to be recorded accurately. A cyclical interpretation is also noted in Maya creation accounts, in which the present world and the humans in it were preceded by other worlds (one to five others, depending on the tradition) which were fashioned in various forms by the gods, but subsequently destroyed. This period was known as a Calendar Round. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mayan_calendar   (3200 words)

AllRefer.com - round (Music: Theory, Forms, And Instruments) - Encyclopedia round, in music, a perpetual canon on a tune that returns to its beginning in which all the voices enter at the unison or the octave. The term round was also used to designate a dance performed in a circle and, by extension, to the tunes for such dances. Rounds were popular in 17th-century England when the catch reached its height. reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/R/round.html   (238 words)

Barry Round - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Barry Round (born January 26, 1950) played for Footscray and South Melbourne/Sydney in the Victorian Football League between 1969 and 1985. Along the way, he played 328 games (135 for Footscray and 193 for South Melbourne/Sydney), won a Brownlow Medal in 1981 (tying with his former teammate Bernie Quinlan) and was the Swans' first captain during the Sydney era. After retirement from VFL football, he played for several years for Williamstown in the Victorian Football Association, the second highest level of football in Victoria. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Barry_Round   (139 words)

AllRefer.com - barrow, in archaeology (Archaeology, General) - Encyclopedia The round barrow or stupa of Asia is usually a shrine for relics of the Buddha. The round barrow was commonly bell shaped; another type had a low central mound that invariably contained cremated remains and was surrounded by a walled ditch or a circle of standing stones, usually about 150 ft (50 m) in diameter. Barrows occur in many parts of the world; they were built during the Neolithic period in Western Europe and in recent times in Buddhist countries. reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/barrow.html   (345 words)

garden cart - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about garden cart Round barrows belong mainly to the Bronze Age, although in historic times there are examples from the Roman period, and some of the Saxon and most of the Danish invaders were barrow-builders. Barrows were erected over boat burials during the Saxon period, and the Sutton Hoo boat burial excavated in Suffolk during 1938–39 was that of an East Anglian king of Saxon times. Barrows from the Roman era, such as the Six Hills at Stevenage, Hertfordshire, and the Bartlow Hills at Ashdon, Essex, have a distinctive steep and conical outline, and in southeast Britain usually cover the graves of wealthy merchant traders. encyclopedia.farlex.com /garden+cart   (986 words)

round prairie Round Prairie Cemetery had been used for several years before Thomas and Margaret Snoddy buried their 7-year-old daughter there in 1861. The Round Prairie Union Church served four demoninations from its beginning until it closed at the turn of the century. The cemetery is located just past the old Round Prairie School on US 73, the first gravel road to the west. skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/leavenwo/library/cemeteries/roundpra.html   (986 words)

Metomen Cemeteries: Round Prairie Cemetery Round Prairie Cemetery is located in section 21 of the town of Metomen on Highway 49 and just north of the 1891 District 6 schoolhouse. www.wlhn.org /fond_du_lac/towns/metomen/cemetery/round_prairie_cemetery.htm   (986 words)

Round-headed prairie clover Round-headed prairie clover occurs in some years and is not seen in others. Found on dry rocky prairies and brushy hillsides. Native Americans were said to have chewed the roots because of their agreeable taste, and to have bound the stems of this plant together to sweep their lodges. www.lib.ksu.edu /wildflower/roundheaded.html   (986 words)

Etherington & Roberts. Dictionary--round corner lapper A device shaped something like a bent trindle, with two tines, and used in shaping leather over a ROUND CORNER. palimpsest.stanford.edu /don/dt/dt2913.html   (986 words)

Round the Corner Bakeshop an old fashioned bakery breads, pastry, cookies, Belgian chocolates Round the Corner Bakeshop an old fashioned bakery breads, pastry, cookies, Belgian chocolates An old fashioned, small town bakery specializing in fresh Bread baked every night, pastries and cookies from scratch. www.bakeshop.on.ca   (986 words)

Lashing knot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A lashing is the use of a rope that has been affixed by means of a hitch for the purpose of holding two poles, staves or other rigid objects together. A lashing is a specialised type of knot, the purpose of which is to tie two objects together. The object may be the loose ends of a rope or bundle of poles or a parcel. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lashing_knot   (121 words)

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