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Look up: Ney

  1. Ney
    Ney is a village in Defiance County Ohio, USA
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Ney
    [n] - French marshal in the Napoleonic Wars (1769-1815)
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. ney
    1. A fabric of twine, thread, or the like, wrought or woven into meshes, and used for catching fish, birds, butterflies, etc. ... 2. Anything designed or fitted to entrap or catch; a snare; any device for catching and holding. 'A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.' (Prov. Xxix. 5) 'In the church's net there are fishes goo ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  4. Ney
    Michel Ney noun French marshal in the Napoleonic Wars (1769-1815)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  5. Ney
    The `ney` (also `nai`, `nye`, `nay`) is an end-blown flute that figures prominently in Persian and West Asian music. In some of these musical traditions, it is the only wind instrument used. It is a very ancient instrument, with depictions of `ney` players appearing in wall paintings in the Egyptian pyramids and actual `neys` being found in the excavations at Ur. This indicates that the `ney` has been played continuously for 4,500-5,000 years, ma...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ney

  6. Ney
    • (n.) A fabric of twine, thread, or the like, wrought or woven into meshes, and used for catching fish, birds, butterflies, etc. • (n.) A figure made up of a large number of straight lines or curves, which are connected at certain points and related to each other by some specified law. • (n.) Anything designed or fitted to entrap or...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning


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10 November 2009

This day in history:
On 10 November 1871, David Livingstone, missionary and explorer was `found` by New York Herald reporter Henry Morton Stanley, who greeted him with the famous words `Dr Livingstone, I presume`. Between November 1853 and May 1856 David Livingstone completed a remarkable coast-to-coast journey from Luanda in the west to the mouth of the Zambezi River in the east. It was an epic trip of 4,300 miles and Livingstone became the first European to complete it. Along the way he had discovered a giant waterfall called ‘Mosi-oa-tunya’ (the smoke that thunders). Livingstone named it Victoria Falls after the British monarch. read more

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