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  • 21Vesper — Evening E ven*ing, n. [AS. [=ae]fnung. See {even}, n., and cf. {Eve}.] 1. The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of the sun. [1913 Webster] In the ascending scale Of… …

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  • 22Buffalo River (New York) — Geobox River name = Buffalo River native name = other name = Buffalo Creek other name1 = image size = 300 image caption = Buffalo River where it empties into Lake Erie. The lighthouse on the left of the river is the Buffalo (main) Light country …

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  • 23Jean-François-Marie de Surville — (1717 April 1770) was a French trader and navigator. In 1767 de Surville set sail in his ship, the St Jean Baptiste to India to trade between the French settlements in India and China. In 1768, while in India, de Surville heard rumours the… …

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  • 24Four Knights Game — Infobox chess opening openingname = PAGENAME Chess diagram|= = rd| |bd|qd|kd|bd| |rd|= pd|pd|pd|pd| |pd|pd|pd|= | |nd| | |nd| | |= | | | |pd| | | |= | | | |pl| | | |= | |nl| | |nl| | |= pl|pl|pl|pl| |pl|pl|pl|= rl| |bl|ql|kl|bl| |rl|=| moves=1.… …

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  • 25Connecticut Route 101 — Route 101 Route information Maintaine …

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  • 26ev|a|nes|cent — «EHV uh NEHS uhnt», adjective. gradually disappearing; soon passing away; vanishing: »the evanescent beauty of the sunset. SYNONYM(S): transitory, ephemeral. ╂[< Latin ēvānēscens, entis present participle of ēvānēscere; see etym. under… …

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  • 27va´por|ous|ness — va|por|ous «VAY puhr uhs», adjective. 1. full of vapor; misty: »vaporous atmosphere. 2. covered or obscured with vapor: »vaporous hills. 3. like vapor. 4. Figurative. soon passing; worthless: »vaporous dreams of grandeur …

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  • 28va´por|ous|ly — va|por|ous «VAY puhr uhs», adjective. 1. full of vapor; misty: »vaporous atmosphere. 2. covered or obscured with vapor: »vaporous hills. 3. like vapor. 4. Figurative. soon passing; worthless: »vaporous dreams of grandeur …

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  • 29va|por|ous — «VAY puhr uhs», adjective. 1. full of vapor; misty: »vaporous atmosphere. 2. covered or obscured with vapor: »vaporous hills. 3. like vapor. 4. Figurative. soon passing; worthless: »vaporous dreams of grandeur …

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  • 30literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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