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Derby

A race for three-old horses, run annually at Epsom (near London), for the Derby stakes. It was instituted by the 12th Earl of Derby, in 1780.

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Chapeau 76% connected

A hat or covering for the head.

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Hat 76% connected

Hot.

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Lid 76% connected

That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc.; a movable cover; as, the lid of a chest or trunk.

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Bowler 92% connected

One who plays at bowls, or who rolls the ball in cricket or any other game.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Albigenses noun · 78% connection

a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism

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Albigeois n. pl. · 78% connection

A sect of reformers opposed to the church of Rome in the 12th centuries.

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Anniversarily adverb · 78% connection

Annually.

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Arundelian adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to an Earl of Arundel; as, Arundel or Arundelian marbles, marbles from ancient Greece, bought by the Earl of Arundel in 162…

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Bailey noun · 78% connection

A prison or court of justice; -- used in certain proper names; as, the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester.

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Billingsgate noun · 78% connection

A market near the Billings gate in London, celebrated for fish and foul language.

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Bridewell noun · 78% connection

A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridg…

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Crescent noun · 78% connection

Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in 1268; the second by Rene of A…

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Crusade noun · 78% connection

Any one of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers, in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, for the recovery of the Hol…

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Earl noun · 78% connection

A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis, and above a viscount. The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a count (comte) in Fra…

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Earldom noun · 78% connection

The jurisdiction of an earl; the territorial possessions of an earl.

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Empale verb · 78% connection

To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes for defense; to impale.

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Epsomite noun · 78% connection

Native sulphate of magnesia or Epsom salt.

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Flat-cap noun · 78% connection

A kind of low-crowned cap formerly worn by all classes in England, and continued in London after disuse elsewhere; -- hence, a citizen…

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Fleet verb · 78% connection

A former prison in London, which originally stood near a stream, the Fleet (now filled up).

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Ghibelline noun · 78% connection

One of a faction in Italy, in the 12th and 13th centuries, which favored the German emperors, and opposed the Guelfs, or adherents of…

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Gothic noun · 78% connection

a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized…

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Graf noun · 78% connection

A German title of nobility, equivalent to earl in English, or count in French. See Earl.

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