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  2. Margaret Farrar - Wikipedia

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    Margaret Petherbridge Farrar (March 23, 1897 – June 11, 1984) was an American journalist and the first crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times (1942–1968). Creator of many of the rules of modern crossword design, she compiled and edited a long-running series of crossword puzzle books – including the first book of any kind that Simon & Schuster published (1924). [1]

  3. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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    AAW An acronym for anti-aircraft warfare. aback (of a sail) Filled by the wind on the opposite side to the one normally used to move the vessel forward.On a square-rigged ship, any of the square sails can be braced round to be aback, the purpose of which may be to reduce speed (such as when a ship-of-the-line is keeping station with others), to heave to, or to assist moving the ship's head ...

  4. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    personal calendar *(US: appointment book, appointment calendar, datebook) personal journal digital radio any radio that receives a digital signal a radio with a digital display: dim (trans. v.), dimmer (switch) to reduce the intensity of a domestic, industrial or other light; hence dimmer (switch)

  5. Glossary of nautical terms (M–Z) - Wikipedia

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    When "quay" and "wharf" are used as synonyms, the term "quay" is more common in everyday speech in the United Kingdom, many Commonwealth countries, and Ireland, while "wharf" is more commonly used in the United States. 2. To land or tie up at a quay. quayside 1. An area alongside a quay. 2. Being alongside a quay, e.g.

  6. Books in Spain - Wikipedia

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    ISBN 9789004340374. in Spanish. Francisco Méndez [in Spanish] (1861). Dionisio Hidalgo [in Spanish] (ed.). Tipografia española, ó Historia de la introduccion, propagacion y progresos del arte de la imprenta en España [Spanish typography, or history of the introduction, propagation and progress of the art of printing in Spain] (in Spanish

  7. Category:Spanish words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 3 September 2021, at 18:21 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  8. Wharf (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Wharf or Wharfe may also refer to: Places. The Wharf ...

  9. List of English–Spanish interlingual homographs - Wikipedia

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    The cognates in the table below share meanings in English and Spanish, but have different pronunciation. Some words entered Middle English and Early Modern Spanish indirectly and at different times. For example, a Latinate word might enter English by way of Old French, but enter Spanish directly from Latin. Such differences can introduce ...