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Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… is contenit in the said supplicatioun. Quhilk being red, hard, and considerit be the saidis lordis, and thay …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… was also a symbol of sadness. It affords a heavy, elastic HARD WOOD, used especially in the making of the BOW, hence 'a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… acres. There are quarries of good limestone, and of a very hard freestone for building. The village, situated near the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… greater part of the riding, though not large, is extremely hard and durable. The only peculiar application of the … (which produces very luxuriant ling, bent, and rushes), a hard cemented reddish sand, or a grey sand. The basis of the … a fine loam, in many places rather stiff, resting upon a hard blue limestone. The bent generally covers a strong soil …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… stones, moistened and packed into barrels. Here it set so hard that it had to be broken up with sledge hammers [Harley …
A History of the County of Somerset
… may all still breed occasionally in the county. It is hard to classify the remaining species as the groups often … it will certainly be found occasionally, for during hard weather these animals migrate (sometimes in small packs) …
A History of the County of Somerset
… " COLEOPTERA Beetles differ from other insects in having a hard external integument, and by the first pair of wings, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… is a member of the family Cytheridae, which generally have hard calcareous valves, uneven of surface, bare or sparingly …