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Look up: stir-up

  1. Stir It Up
    `Stir It Up` is a song composed by Bob Marley in 1967, and first made popular by Johnny Nash, peaking on the UK chart in June 1972. When Bob Marley returned to Jamaica from the United States in 1967, The Wailers started their own label, ‘Wail'n Soul'm` records, and released their first independent single `Freedom Time` backed with `Bend Down Low.` `Nice Time,` `Hypocrites,` `Mellow Mood,` `Thank You Lord,` and `Stir It Up` are all recorded in ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stir_It_Up

  2. Stirrup
    Bread made from flour, fat, and water. It was baked in a Dutch oven or on a stick placed over or near a fire.
    Found on http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/amm/gloss

  3. stirrup
    [n] - support consisting of metal loops into which rider`s feet go
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Stirrup
    Stirrup: The stapes, one of the three bones in the middle ear. See: Stapes.
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  5. stirrup
    a metal hoop in which the rider`s foot rests. Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • wrought-iron member in the shape of a stirrup used to support the end of a joist in the assembly Category: Various industries and crafts • the object of stirrup is to resist shear stresses when they are beyond those which the concrete is capable of resisti...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Stirrup
    Stir'rup noun [ Middle English stirop , Anglo-Saxon stigrāp ; stīgan to mount, ascend + rāp a rope; akin to German stegreif a stirrup. √164. See Sty , intransitive verb , and Rope .] 1. A kind of ring, or bent piece of metal, wood, leather, or the like, horizontal in one part for receiving ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/200

  7. stirrup
    1. A kind of ring, or bent piece of metal, wood, leather, or the like, horizontal in one part for receiving the foot of a rider, and attached by a strap to the saddle, used to assist a person in mounting a horse, and to enable him to sit steadily in riding, as well as to relieve him by supporting a part of the weight of the body. 'Our host upon his ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. stirrup
    stirrup iron noun support consisting of metal loops into which rider`s feet go
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. Stirrup
    The `stirrup` is a ring with a flat bottom fixed on a leather strap, usually hung from each side of a saddle by an adjustable strap to create a footrest for a person using a riding animal (usually a horse or other equine, such as a mule), used as a support for the foot of a rider when seated in the saddle and as an aid in mounting. It greatly increases the rider's ability to stay in the saddle and control the mount, increasing the animal's useful...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirrup

  10. stirrup
    (stur´әp) stapes.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  11. Stirrup
    • (v. i.) Any piece resembling in shape the stirrup of a saddle, and used as a support, clamp, etc. See Bridle iron. • (v. i.) A kind of ring, or bent piece of metal, wood, leather, or the like, horizontal in one part for receiving the foot of a rider, and attached by a strap to the saddle, -- used to assist a person in mounting a horse, ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  12. stirrup
    either of a pair of light frames hung from the saddle attached to the back of an animal—usually a horse or pony. Stirrups are used to support a ... [4 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/163

  13. stirrup
    Syn: stapes [A.S. strp]
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  14. stirrup
    stirrup, foot support for the rider of a horse in mounting and while riding. It is a ring with a horizontal bar to receive the foot and is attached by a strap to the saddle. To avoid the danger of having a foot caught in a stirrup if the rider is thrown, large stirrups are often used; one of the use...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08467

  15. stirrup cup
    [n] - a farewell drink (especially one offered to a horseman ready to depart)
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  16. Stirrup cup
    A drinking cup handed to a mounted huntsman, often cast in the form of his quarry.
    Found on http://www.langfords.com/isroot/langford

  17. stirrup cup
    Drinking cup, frequently in the shape of an animal's head, used for the final drink before setting off on a hunt. The cups, common from the mid- 18thC, have neither handle nor foot, and were made in pottery and porcelain, silver and glass
    Found on http://www.antique-crafts.co.uk/glossary

  18. stirrup cup
    noun a farewell drink (especially one offered to a horseman ready to depart); usually alcoholic
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  19. Stirrup Cup
    A `Stirrup Cup` is a `parting cup` given by the Scottish Highlanders to guests when they are leaving and have their feet in the stirrups. It is also the traditional drink (usually port or sherry) served at the meet, prior to a traditional foxhunt. It can also describe the cup that such a drink is served in. Category:Traditions Category:Scotland
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirrup_Cup

  20. stirrup cup
    originally a drink offered to a man mounted on horseback and about to depart for the hunt; now, the drinking vessel itself. Commonly connected with ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/163


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22 November 2009

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On Friday, November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was shot as he rode in a motorcade through the streets of Dallas, Texas. At his death, the 35th president was 46 years old and had served less than three years in office. Despite this intimate experience of events surrounding the death of John F. Kennedy, the nation failed to achieve closure. Oswald never confessed, and the facts of the case remain mysterious. The Warren Commission's conclusion Oswald acted alone failed to satisfy the public. In 1976, the House of Representatives' Select Committee on Assassinations reopened investigation of the murder. The Committee reported that Lee Harvey Oswald probably was part of a conspiracy that may have involved organized crime. read more

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