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111John Oxlee — (1779–1854), philologist and writer on theology.Oxlee, son of a well to do farmer in Yorkshire, was born at Guisborough in Cleveland, Yorkshire, on 25 Sept. 1779, and educated at Sunderland. After devoting himself to business for a short time he… …
112cork — float (a plastic, cork or wood device that enables a baited hook to be suspended in the water column and enables fish biting on the hook to be detected by movement of the float. Usually painted distinctively, e.g. fluorescent colours,… …
113float — 1) a cork, wood, glass, metal or plastic structure used to support or mark the position of a net. See also bombarda and glass float 2) a plastic, cork or wood device that enables a baited hook to be suspended in the water column and enables fish… …
114Grant, Ulysses S. — orig. Hiram Ulysses Grant born April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio, U.S. died July 23, 1885, Mount McGregor, N.Y. U.S. general and 18th president of the U.S. (1869–77). He served in the Mexican War (1846–48) under Zachary Taylor. After two years …
115Bellini, Lorenzo — ▪ Italian physician and anatomist born Sept. 3, 1643, Florence died Jan. 8, 1704, Florence physician and anatomist who described the collecting, or excretory, tubules of the kidney, known as Bellini s ducts (tubules). In Exercitatio… …
116Arnauld — • Celebrated French family, the history of which is connected with that of Jansenism and of PortRoyal Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Arnauld Arnauld …
117Plagues of Egypt — • Ten calamities inflicted on the Egyptians to overcome Pharaoh s obstinacy and force him to let the Israelites to leave Egypt Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Plagues of Egypt Plagues of Egypt …
118Cedar (Son of Ismael) — Cedar † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Cedar [Heb. Qedar; Gr. Kedar]. The name of the second son of Ismael (Gen., xxv, 13; I Par., i, 29); also of an Arabian tribe descended from him, and of the territory occupied by it. This tribe is… …
119Pedro da Fonseca — Pedro Da Fonseca † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pedro Da Fonseca A philosopher and theologian, born at Cortizada, Portugal, 1528; died at Lisbon, 4 Nov., 1599. He entered the Society of Jesus in Coimbra in 1548, and in 1551 passed to the… …
120Santa Casa di Loreto (Holy House of Loreto) — Santa Casa di Loreto † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Santa Casa di Loreto (The Holy House of Loreto). Since the fifteenth century, and possibly even earlier, the Holy House of Loreto has been numbered among the most famous shrines of… …
