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Look up: fortress

  1. fortress
    [n] - a fortified defensive structure
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. fortress
    A permanent base for units of Roman legions.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  3. Fortress
    For'tress noun ; plural Fortresses . [ French forteresse , Old French forteresce , fortelesce , Late Latin foralitia , from Latin fortis strong. See Fort , and confer Fortalice .] A fort...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/66

  4. Fortress
    For'tress transitive verb To furnish with a fortress or with fortresses; to guard; to fortify. Shak.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/66

  5. fortress
    fort noun a fortified defensive structure
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Fortress
    • (v. t.) To furnish with a fortress or with fortresses; to guard; to fortify. • (n.) A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. Fortress
    (programming language) `Fortress` is a programming language designed for high-performance computing. It was created by Sun Microsystems with funding from DARPA`s High Productivity Computing Systems project. One of the language designers is Guy L. Steele Jr., whose previous work includes Schem...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortress

  8. Fortress
    (disambiguation) A `fortress` is a fortification, a defensive military construction. `Fortress` or `The Fortress` may also refer to: Computing and games : Film and television : Literature : Music : Places : See also:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortress

  9. Fortress
    (chess) In chess, the `fortress` is an endgame drawing technique in which the side behind in material sets up a zone of protection around their king that cannot be penetrated by the opponent. This only works when the opponent does not have a passed pawn or cannot create one, unless that pawn ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortress

  10. Fortress
    (solitaire) `Fortress` is a solitaire card game which is played with a deck of playing cards, of the Castle family. It has two more tableau piles than Belaguered Castle and the piles are shorter. First, ten overlapping rows of cards are formed, two containing six cards (one on the left and on...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortress

  11. Fortress
    (video game) `Fortress` is a tower defense video game developed by Pipe Dream Interactive and published by Majesco Games for the Game Boy Advance handheld game console. Reception: References:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortress



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13 February 2012

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The fifth queen of Henry VIII was Catherine Howard. Her father was very poor, and Catherine lived mainly with Agnes, widow of the 2nd duke of Norfolk. Henry was evidently charmed by her and he was privately married to Catherine at Oatlands in July 1540. In November 1541 Archbishop Thomas Cranmer informed Henry that his queen's past life had not been stainless. After some denials the queen herself admitted that this was true; but denied that she had misconducted herself since her marriage. Some fresh information, however, very soon came to light showing that she had been unchaste since her marriage; a bill of attainder was passed through parliament, and on the 13th of February 1542 the queen was beheaded. read more

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