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  • 41run — runnable, adj. runnability, n. /run/, v., ran, run, running, n., adj. v.i. 1. to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground. 2. to move with… …

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  • 42Assyrian Genocide — Map of the Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac genocide. • Towns were genocide occurred. • Towns that received refugee …

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  • 43Tappan, New York — Infobox Settlement official name = Tappan, New York settlement type = CDP nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image |pushpin pushpin label position = pushpin map caption =Location within the state of New York pushpin mapsize = mapsize …

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  • 44Queensferry, North —    QUEENSFERRY, NORTH, a village, in a detached part of the parish of Dunfermline, district of Dunfermline, county of Fife, 2 miles (S.) from Inverkeithing, and 6 (S. E. by S.) from Dunfermline; containing 461 inhabitants. This place is situated… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 45prison — pris•on [[t]ˈprɪz ən[/t]] n. 1) a building for the confinement of accused persons awaiting trial or persons sentenced after conviction 2) any place of confinement or involuntary restraint 3) imprisonment • Etymology: bef. 1150; ME prison, earlier …

    From formal English to slang

  • 46prison — /ˈprɪzən / (say prizuhn) noun 1. a public building for the confinement or safe custody of criminals and others committed by law. 2. a place of confinement or involuntary restraint. 3. imprisonment. {Middle English, from Old French, from Latin… …

  • 47jail — A gaol; a prison. A building designated by law, or regularly used, for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody. A place of confinement that is more than a police station lockup and less than a prison. It is usually used to hold persons… …

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  • 48jail — A gaol; a prison. A building designated by law, or regularly used, for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody. A place of confinement that is more than a police station lockup and less than a prison. It is usually used to hold persons… …

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  • 49confine — [kən fīn′; ] for n.1 [ kän′fīn΄] n. [ME confinies, pl. < OFr confins, pl., a border, boundary < L confinium (pl. confinia), boundary, limit < confinis, bordering on < com , with + finis, an end: see FINISH] 1. [usually pl.] a boundary …

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  • 50con|fin´er — con|fine «verb. kuhn FYN; noun. KON fyn», verb, fined, fin|ing, noun. –v.t. 1. to keep within limits; restrict: »He confined his reading to biography. He confined himself to two meals a day. SYNONYM(S): restrain. 2. to …

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