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  • 1infirm — adjective 1》 not physically strong, especially through age. 2》 archaic irresolute; weak. Derivatives infirmly adverb Origin ME: from L. infirmus, from in not + firmus firm …

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  • 2infirm — adj. 1 physically weak, esp. through age. 2 (of a person, mind, judgement, etc.) weak, irresolute. Derivatives: infirmity n. (pl. ies). infirmly adv. Etymology: ME f. L infirmus (as IN (1), FIRM(1)) …

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  • 3F.Y. Hedley: Marching Through Georgia — ▪ Primary Source              Marching Through Georgia is an account of Sherman s March from the standpoint of soldiers in the ranks. F.Y. Hedley, a member of the 32nd Illinois Infantry, set out to describe how the ordinary soldier lived, how he… …

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  • 4decrepit — a. Superannuated, effete, shattered, worn or broken down with age, infirm through age …

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  • 5Workhouse — Former workhouse in Nantwich, dating from 1780 In England and Wales a workhouse, colloquially known as a …

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  • 6General Clergy Relief Fund —    This is the abbreviated title of a Society organized by the General Convention under the corporate name, The Trustees of the Fund for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of Deceased Clergymen, and of Aged, Infirm and Disabled Clergymen of the …

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  • 7Charles Sprague (poet) — Daguerreotype of Charles Sprague by Southworth Hawes, circa 1850 Charles Sprague (October 26, 1791 – January 22, 1875) was an early American poet. He worked for 45 years for the State and Globe Banks and was often referred to as the Banker Poet… …

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  • 8doddered — adjective Etymology: probably alteration of dodded, from past participle of English dialect dod to lop, from Middle English dodden Date: 1697 1. deprived of branches through age or decay < a doddered oak > …

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  • 9JOB, BOOK OF — (named for its hero (Heb. אִיּוֹב), ancient South Arabian and Thamudic yʾb; Old Babylonian Ayyābum, Tell el Amarna tablet, no. 256, line 6, A ia ab; either from yʾb, to bear ill will or compounded of ay where? and ʾab (divine) father ), one of&#8230; …

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  • 10Gray Wolf — Taxobox name = Gray Wolf fossil range = Late Pleistocene Recent status = LC status system = iucn3.1 trend = stable status ref =IUCN2006|assessors=Mech Boitani|year=2004|id=3746|title=Canis lupus|downloaded=2006 05 05 Database entry includes&#8230; …

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