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  • 41Cankered — Canker Can ker (k[a^][ng] k[ e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cankered} ( k[ e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cankering}.] 1. To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume. [1913 Webster] No lapse of moons can canker Love. Tennyson. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 42Cankering — Canker Can ker (k[a^][ng] k[ e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cankered} ( k[ e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cankering}.] 1. To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume. [1913 Webster] No lapse of moons can canker Love. Tennyson. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 43Crib — (kr[i^]b), n. [AS. crybb; akin to OS. kribbja, D. krib, kribbe, Dan. krybbe, G. krippe, and perh. to MHG. krebe basket, G, korb, and E. rip a sort of wicker basket.] [1913 Webster] 1. A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 44steal — I. verb (stole; stolen; stealing) Etymology: Middle English stelen, from Old English stelan; akin to Old High German stelan to steal Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to take the property of another wrongfully and especially as a… …

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  • 45Detective fiction — Detective story redirects here. For other uses, see Detective Story. Detective fiction is a sub genre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator (often a detective), either professional or amateur, investigates a crime, often… …

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  • 46Edgar Allan Poe — Infobox Writer name = Edgar Allan Poe caption = This daguerreotype of Poe was taken in 1848 when he was 39, a year before his death. birthdate = birth date|1809|1|19|mf=y birthplace = Boston, Massachusetts United States deathdate = death date and …

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  • 47Cinema of China — Actor Tan Xinpei in The Battle of Dingjunshan, 1905 …

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  • 48John Abernethy (surgeon) — John Abernethy (1764–1831). Engraving by John Cochran after a portrait by Thomas Lawrence. John Abernethy FRS (3 April 1764 – 20 April 1831) was an English surgeon, grandson of the Reverend John Abernethy.[1] He was …

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  • 49Mathematician — Archimedes was among the greatest mathematicians of antiquity. Leonhard Euler is widely consider …

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  • 50Ultra — (sometimes capitalised ULTRA) was the name used by the British for intelligence resulting from decryption of encrypted German radio communications in World War II. The term eventually became the standard designation in both Britain and the United …

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