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Title: History of the United States, Volume 5

Author: E. Benjamin Andrews

Release Date: September 27, 2007 [EBook #22777]

Language: English

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[Transcriber's Notes]

Text has been moved to avoid fragmentation of sentences.

Here are the definitions of some uncommon words.

ad valorem
In proportion to the value:

akouphone
Table model hearing aid sold around 1900.

auriferous
Containing gold.

balustrades
Rail and the row of posts that support it.

between Scylla and Charybdis
Between two perilous alternatives, which cannot be passed without
falling victim to one or the other.

biograph
Moving-picture machine.

brevet
Promoting a military officer to a higher rank without an increase of
pay and with limited exercise of the higher rank, often granted as an
honor immediately before retirement.

Caryatids
Sculptured female figure used as a column.

catafalque
Raised structure on which a deceased person lies or is carried in
state. A hearse.

Charybdis
Daughter of Gaea and Poseidon, a monster mentioned in Homer and later
identified with the whirlpool Charybdis, in the Strait of Messina off
the NE coast of Sicily. See: between Scylla and Charybdis.

climacteric
Period of decrease of reproductive capacity; any critical period; a
year of important changes in health and fortune.

cloture
Closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the
question.

Cobden Club
A gentlemen's club in West London founded in the 1870s and named after
Richard Cobden. The club offers "art and entertainment for the working
man".

derogation
Detract, as from authority, estimation, etc.; stray in character or
conduct; degenerate; disparage or belittle.

enginery
Machinery consisting of engines collectively.

Ethnology
Branch of anthropology that analyzes cultures, (formerly) a branch of
anthropology dealing with the origin, distribution, and distinguishing
c