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1. Château d`Altkirch
   The `Château d`Altkirch` was a castle, now destroyed, in the commune of Altkirch in the Haut-Rhin département of France. It is listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture. History: The castle was built by the counts of Ferrette who lived at Altkirch i...
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2. Chaadayev, Petr Yakovlevich
   (1793-1856) Russian philosopher. In his `Philosophic Letter` (1836) he maintained that Russia had no past, no present, and no future save in reunion with the great body of European civilization and with the...
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3. Chaadayev, Piotr Yakovlevich
   Chaadayev, Piotr Yakovlevich (pyô'tur yä'kuvlyivich chädä'yev) , 1794–1856, Russian philosopher. An aristocrat by birth, he was converted to Roman Catholicism. In 1836 the first of his Philosophical Letters appeared in a Moscow journal. Its devastating attack o...
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4. Chaadayev, Pyotr Yakovlevich
   intellectual and writer whose ideas of Russian history precipitated the controversy between the opposing intellectual camps of Slavophiles and ... [1 related articles]
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5. Chabad outreach
   `Chabad Hasidic outreach` is today the biggest organised phenomena in the Kiruv world. They actively bring Jews to adopt Orthodox Jewish observance all over the world, even in the most unlikely places. Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn, 6th leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch branch of Hasidic Judaism, an...
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6. Chabiwali Pocket Watch
   `Chabiwali Pocket Watch` is a short film written and directed by Vibhu Puri and produced by Film and Television Institute of India. The film was the official entry from India to the Student Academy Awards. It was also a chosen to be a part of Indian Panorama, `06 Synopsis: Cast: Crew: Writer,...
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7. Chad Firefinch
   The `Chad Firefinch` or `Reichenow`s Firefinch` (Lagonosticta umbrinodorsalis) is a small passerine bird belonging to the firefinch genus Lagonosticta in the estrildid finch family Estrildidae. It is restricted to a small area of Central Africa. It was formerly classified as a subspeci...
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8. Chadless keypunch
   (hardware) A card punch which cut little U-shapes in punched cards, rather than punching out a circle or rectangle. The U's made a hole when folded back. One of the Jargon File's correspondents believed that the term 'chad' derived from the Chadless keypunch. Obviously, if the Chadless keypunch di...
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9. chaffinch
   [n] - small European finch with a cheerful song
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10. Chaffinch
    Chaf'finch noun [ Confer Chiff- chaff .] (Zoology) A bird of Europe ( Fringilla cœlebs ), having a variety of very sweet songs, and highly valued as a cage bird; -- called also copper finch .
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11. chaffinch
    Fringilla coelebs noun small European finch with a cheerful song
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12. Chaffinch
    • (n.) A bird of Europe (Fringilla coelebs), having a variety of very sweet songs, and highly valued as a cage bird; -- called also copper finch.
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13. chaffinch
    (Fringilla coelebs), songbird of the family Fringillidae (order Passeriformes) that breeds in gardens and farmlands of Europe and northern Africa to ... [2 related articles]
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14. chaffinch
    chaffinch: see finch.
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15. Chaffinch
    The chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) is a lively and handsome bird of the finch family, very common in Britain, where its haunts are chiefly gardens and shrubberies, hedgerows, plantations, etc. The male is about 15 cm in length, and is very agreeably coloured, having a chestnut back, reddish-pink brea...
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16. chaffinch
    Bird Fringilla coelebs of the finch family, common throughout much of Europe and West Asia. About 15 cm/6 in long, the male is olive-brown above, with a bright chestnut breast, a bluish-grey cap, and two white bands on the upper part of the wing; the female is dulle...
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17. Chaffinch
    The `Chaffinch` (Fringilla coelebs), also called by a wide variety of other names, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. Description : The Chaffinch`s large double white wing bars, white tail edges and greenish rump easily identify this 14–16 cm long spec...
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18. Chaikovsky, Nikolai Vasilyevich
    Chaikovsky, Nikolai Vasilyevich: see Chaykovsky, Nikolai Vasilyevich.
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19. Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach
    `Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach` (1883 –26 September 1954 28 Elul 5714) was one of the founders and first roshei yeshiva of Shaar Hashamayim Yeshiva, a landmark Jerusalem institution specializing in Talmudic and kabbalah studies for Ashkenazi scholars. Known for his great love and personal sacrif...
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20. chain stitch
    [n] - a kind of crochet stitch 2. [n] - looped machine stitch resembling the links of a chain
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21. Chain stitch
    Chain' stitch` 1. An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain; -- used in crocheting, sewing, and embroidery. 2. (Machine Sewing) A stitch in which the looping of the thread or threads forms a chain on the under side of the work; the loop stitch, as dist...
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22. chain stitch
    noun looped machine stitch resembling the links of a chain; used in embroidery and in machine stitching
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23. Chain stitch
    • A stitch in which the looping of the thread or threads forms a chain on the under side of the work; the loop stitch, as distinguished from the lock stitch. See Stitch. • An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain; -- used in crocheting, sewing, and embroidery.
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24. Chain stitch
    `Chain stitch` is a sewing and embroidery technique in which a series of looped stitches form a chain-like pattern. Chain stitch is an ancient craft - examples of surviving Chinese chain stitch embroidery worked in silk thread have been dated to the Warring States period (5th-3rd century BC). Handma...
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25. chain wrench
    noun another name for chain tongs
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