1) Site of battle, 1777
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• (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, certain beds, chiefly limestone, characteristic of the latest period of the Silurian age.
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<geology> Designating, or pertaining to, certain beds, chiefly limestone, characteristic of the latest period of the Silurian age. Oriskany period, a subdivision of the American Paleozoic system intermediate or translational in character between the Silurian and Devonian ages. See Chart of Geology. ... Origin: From Oriskany, in New York. ... ...
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O·ris'ka·ny adjective [ From
Oriskany , in New York.]
(Geol.) Designating, or pertaining to, certain beds, chiefly limestone, characteristic of the latest period of the Silurian age.
Oriskany period ,
a subdivision of the American Paleozoic system intermediate or translationa...
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The USS Oriskany was an American Essex Class fleet aircraft carrier of 27100 tons displacement launched in 1945. The USS Oriskany was powered by eight Babcock and Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 33 knots. She carried a complement of 2900 and normally 82 aircraft though up to 103 could be carried. She was armed with ten 5 inch guns; seventy-...
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a village in central New York, near Utica: battle 1777. 1707.
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