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101assailant — /euh say leuhnt/, n. 1. a person who attacks. adj. 2. Archaic. assailing; attacking; hostile. [1525 35; < MF assaillant. See ASSAIL, ANT] * * * …
102besetting — /bi set ing/, adj. constantly assailing or obsessing, as with temptation: a besetting sin. [1540 50; BESET + ING2] * * * …
103feminism — feminist, n., adj. feministic, adj. /fem euh niz euhm/, n. 1. the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men. 2. (sometimes cap.) an organized movement for the attainment of such rights for women. 3 …
104flanker — /flang keuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that flanks. 2. Mil. one of a body of soldiers placed on the flank of an army to guard a line of march. 3. Fort. a fortification projecting so as to defend another work or to command the flank of an… …
105libeler — /luy beuh leuhr/, n. a person who libels; a person who publishes a libel assailing another. Also, esp. Brit., libeller. [1580 90; LIBEL + ER1] * * * …
106Adams, Samuel — born Sept. 27, 1722, Boston, Mass. died Oct. 2, 1803, Boston, Mass., U.S. American Revolutionary leader. A cousin of John Adams, he graduated from Harvard College in 1740 and briefly practiced law. He became a strong opponent of British taxation… …
107Parson's Cause — Dispute involving English clergy in colonial Virginia over payment of salaries. When the British vetoed colonial laws that substituted currency for tobacco as payment for clerical salaries (1759), the clergy sued for back pay. In the most… …
108harbours and sea works — Introduction harbour also spelled harbor any part of a body of water and the manmade structures surrounding it that sufficiently shelters a vessel from wind, waves, and currents, enabling safe anchorage or the discharge and loading of… …
109motion picture, history of the — Introduction history of the medium from the 19th century to the present. Early years, 1830–1910 Origins The illusion of motion pictures is based on the optical phenomena known as persistence of vision and the phi phenomenon. The first …
110Needham, Marchamont — ▪ English journalist Needham also spelled Nedham baptized Aug. 21, 1620, Burford, Oxfordshire, Eng. died Nov. 29, 1678, London British journalist and publisher of the Mercurius Britanicus, an anti Royalist commentary on news and politics… …
