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  • 31mantelpiece — Mantel Man tel, n. [The same word as mantle a garment; cf. F. manteau de chemin[ e]e. See {Mantle}.] (Arch.) The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney breast in front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above the fireplace …

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  • 32mantle — Mantel Man tel, n. [The same word as mantle a garment; cf. F. manteau de chemin[ e]e. See {Mantle}.] (Arch.) The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney breast in front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above the fireplace …

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  • 33mantlepiece — Mantel Man tel, n. [The same word as mantle a garment; cf. F. manteau de chemin[ e]e. See {Mantle}.] (Arch.) The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney breast in front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above the fireplace …

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  • 34chimneypiece — noun shelf that projects from wall above fireplace in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece • Syn: ↑mantel, ↑mantelpiece, ↑mantle, ↑mantlepiece • Hypernyms: ↑shelf • Part …

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  • 35man|tel — «MAN tuhl», noun. 1. a shelf above a fireplace with its supports. »The fireplace looked very plain after we removed the mantel. 2. the shelf itself; mantelpiece: »The picture above the fireplace fell to the mantel. 3. the decorative framework… …

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  • 36Glossop — Infobox UK place official name= Glossop country= England region= East Midlands static static image caption= Glossop from Higher Dinting population= 32,428 (2001 Census) os grid reference= SK0393 latitude= 53.4380 longitude= 1.9473 map type=… …

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  • 37mantelpiece — [man′təl pēs΄] n. the projecting shelf of a mantel, or this shelf and the side elements framing the fireplace in front * * * man·tel·piece (mănʹtl pēs ) n. Chiefly Eastern & Southern U.S. See mantel. * * * …

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  • 38mantlepiece — noun shelf that projects from wall above fireplace in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece • Syn: ↑mantel, ↑mantelpiece, ↑mantle, ↑chimneypiece • Hypernyms: ↑shelf • Par …

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  • 39Liste falscher Freunde — Die Liste falscher Freunde listet eine Auswahl häufiger falscher Freunde (Übersetzungsfallen bzw. Verständnisprobleme) zwischen Deutsch und anderen Sprachen, dem in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und in anderen Staaten gesprochenen Deutsch sowie… …

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  • 40Luman Watson — was an early Cincinnati clockmaker. He worked in Cincinnati, Ohio from 1819 to 1834. His clocks had wooden works. He made both tall clocks and shelf clocks. [http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2002/11/06/biz bizarchive06.html] Luman Watson, son and …

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