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  • 91logistics — /loh jis tiks, leuh /, n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) 1. the branch of military science and operations dealing with the procurement, supply, and maintenance of equipment, with the movement, evacuation, and hospitalization of personnel, with the …

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  • 92London — /lun deuhn/, n. 1. Jack, 1876 1916, U.S. short story writer and novelist. 2. a metropolis in SE England, on the Thames: capital of the United Kingdom. 3. City of, an old city in the central part of the former county of London: the ancient nucleus …

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  • 93ramble — /ram beuhl/, v., rambled, rambling, n. v.i. 1. to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner: They rambled through the shops until closing time. 2. to take a course with many turns or windings, as a stream or path. 3. to grow in a random,… …

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  • 94sprawl — sprawler, n. sprawlingly, adv. /sprawl/, v.i. 1. to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner: The puppy s legs sprawled in all directions. 2. to sit or lie in a relaxed position with the limbs spread out carelessly or… …

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  • 95straggly — /strag lee/, adj., stragglier, straggliest. straggling; rambling. [1865 70; STRAGGLE + Y1] * * * …

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  • 96Dolly Lunt Burge: Her Diary — ▪ Primary Source              Dolly Lunt Burge, the widow of a Confederate officer and mistress of a plantation near Covington, Ga., met the left wing of Sherman s army four days into their march, on Nov. 19, 1864. Her diary, an extract of which… …

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  • 97straggly — adjective Spread around in a chaotic and disorganized manner. See Also: straggle …

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  • 98sprawl — 1. verb /spɹɔːl,spɹɔl,spɹɑl/ a) To sit with the limbs spread out. b) To spread out in a disorderly fashion; to straggle. 2. noun /spɹɔːl,spɹɔl,spɹɑl/ a) An …

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  • 99depart — verb a) To leave; to set out on a journey. And than he departed unto the courte of Kynge Arthure, and there opynly the Rede Knyght putt hymself in the mercy of Sir Launcelot and of Sir Gawayne [...]. b) To die. The government maintains that if… …

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  • 100PHILLIP, Arthur (1738-1814) — admiral, and first governor of New South Wales was born in the city of London on 11 October 1738. His father, Jacob Phillip, who came from Frankfurt, was first a steward and then a teacher of languages in London, his mother, originally Elizabeth… …

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