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111Villa di Pratolino — The Villa di Pratolino ( Villa Demidoff di Pratolino ) is a patrician villa in Tuscany, Italy, 12 km north of Florence, reached from the main road to Bologna. It was built by the solitary Francesco I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany in part to… …
112Marysville Bridge — Interior of the Marysville Bridge Crosses Susquehanna River Locale …
113Flisk — FLISK, a parish, in the district of Cupar, in the county of Fife, 8 miles (N. W. by N.) from Cupar; containing, with the hamlet of Glenduckie, 270 inhabitants. This place is supposed to have derived its name, descriptive of wetness or moisture …
114Penston — PENSTON, a village, in the parish of Gladsmuir, county of Haddington, 3 miles (E. by S.) from Haddington; containing 233 inhabitants. This village, which is chiefly inhabited by persons employed in collieries, is irregularly built, and the… …
115Winton — WINTON, a village, in the parish of Pencaitland, county of Haddington, 3 miles (S. E. by E.) from Tranent. This place, which is situated in the northwestern part of the parish, derives its name from the earls of Wintoun, its former proprietors …
116wither — verb 1》 (of a plant) become dry and shrivelled. 2》 become shrunken or wrinkled from age or disease. ↘fall into decay or decline. 3》 humiliate (someone) with a scornful look or manner. ↘[as adjective withering] scornful. Derivatives… …
117wither — ► VERB 1) (of a plant) become dry and shrivelled. 2) become shrunken or wrinkled from age or disease. 3) fall into decay or decline. 4) (withering) scornful. DERIVATIVES witheringly adverb. ORIGIN …
118witheringly — wither ► VERB 1) (of a plant) become dry and shrivelled. 2) become shrunken or wrinkled from age or disease. 3) fall into decay or decline. 4) (withering) scornful. DERIVATIVES witheringly adverb. ORIGIN …
119Decline of the Roman Empire — This article is about the historiography of the decline of the Roman Empire. For a description of events, see Roman Empire. For the book by Edward Gibbon, see The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. For the film, see The Fall of… …
120cosmos — /koz meuhs, mohs/, n., pl. cosmos, cosmoses for 2, 4. 1. the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system. 2. a complete, orderly, harmonious system. 3. order; harmony. 4. any composite plant of the genus Cosmos, of tropical… …
