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- 261. HEATH, SIR EDWARD (RICHARD GEORGE) (Английские словари. English dictionaries./Английский словарь Британика)
born July 9, 1916, Broadstairs, Kent, Eng. British politician, prime minister of Britain (1970–74). He held various government positions after being elected to Parliament in 1950, and after ... - 262. IRONCLAD (Английские словари. English dictionaries./Английский словарь Британика)
... attacked Russian fortifications with "floating batteries," ironclad barges mounting heavy guns. In 1859 the French completed the first iron warship, the Gloire ; its iron plates, 4.5 in. (11 cm) thick, ... - 263. LONDON, JACK (Английские словари. English dictionaries./Английский словарь Британика)
orig. John Griffith Chaney born Jan. 12, 1876, San Francisco, Calif., U.S. died Nov. 22, 1916, Glen Ellen, Calif. U.S. novelist and short-story writer. Born to poverty, the largely ... - 264. MONTAGE (Английские словари. English dictionaries./Английский словарь Британика)
(French; " mounting ") Pictorial technique in which cut-out illustrations, or fragments of them, are arranged together and mounted on a support, producing a composite picture made from several different ... - 265. NORTHERN IRELAND (Английские словари. English dictionaries./Английский словарь Британика)
Part of the Ireland . Area: 5,461 sq mi (14,144 sq km). Population (2001): 1,685,267. Capital: Belfast . It is bounded by the republic of Ireland, the Irish Sea, the North Channel, and the Atlantic ... - 266. OJUKWU, ODUMEGWU (Английские словари. English dictionaries./Английский словарь Британика)
... members of the opposition Hausa and Yoruba staged a successful countercoup. Mounting secess ... - 267. PAPANDREOU, ANDREAS (GEORGIOS) (Английские словари. English dictionaries./Английский словарь Британика)
born Feb. 5, 1919, Chios, Greece died June 23, 1996, Ekáli, near Athens Greek educator and prime minister (1981–89, 1993–96). Son of Georgios Papandreou , he taught at the University ... - 268. POMMEL HORSE (Английские словари. English dictionaries./Английский словарь Британика)
... by the Romans to teach mounting and dismounting. ... - 269. RUSSIAN REVOLUTION OF 1905 (Английские словари. English dictionaries./Английский словарь Британика)
Unsuccessful uprising in Russia against the tsarist regime. After several years of mounting discontent, a peaceful demonstration was crushed by Tsar Nicholas II 's troops in the Bloody Sunday massacre. ... - 270. SHAPER (Английские словари. English dictionaries./Английский словарь Британика)
... cutting tool with only one cutting edge. A moving table feeds the workpiece in small, individual steps at the end of each stroke of the tool. The adjustable mounting of the tool permits the cutting ... - 271. TACTICS (Английские словари. English dictionaries./Английский словарь Британика)
In warfare, the art and science of fighting battles. It is concerned with the approach to combat, placement of troops, use made of weapons, vehicles, ships, or aircraft, and execution of movements ... - 272. TELEGRAPH (Английские словари. English dictionaries./Английский словарь Британика)
... patented a telegraph system that activated five needle pointers that could be made to point to specific letters and numbers on their mounting plate. Public use of Morse's telegraph system began in 1844 ... - 273. THERMIDORIAN REACTION (Английские словари. English dictionaries./Английский словарь Британика)
(1794) Revolt in the French Revolution against the Reign of Terror that was initiated on 9 Thermidor (July 27). Weary of the mounting executions (1,300 in June alone), deputies in the National Convention ... - 274. ASCENDING (Английские словари. English dictionaries./Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster)
adjective Date: 1581 1. rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees , mounting or sloping upward, rising upward usually from a more or less prostrate base or point of attachment ... - 275. ASCENT (Английские словари. English dictionaries./Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster)
noun Etymology: irregular from ascend Date: circa 1596 1. the act of rising or mounting upward ; climb , an upward slope or rising grade ; acclivity , the degree of elevation ; inclination , gradient , ... - 276. CHAPE (Английские словари. English dictionaries./Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster)
noun Etymology: Middle English, scabbard, from Anglo-French, cape, from Late Latin cappa Date: 14th century the metal mounting or trimming of a scabbard or sheath ... - 277. HEADER (Английские словари. English dictionaries./Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster)
... studs, or rafters, a horizontal structural or finish piece over an opening ; lintel , a conduit (as an exhaust pipe for a many-cylindered engine) into which a number of smaller conduits open, a mounting ... - 278. HEDDLE (Английские словари. English dictionaries./Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster)
noun see: heave Date: 1513 one of the sets of parallel cords or wires that with their mounting compose the harness used to guide warp threads in a loom ... - 279. MEDIUM (Английские словари. English dictionaries./Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster)
I. noun (plural ~s or media) see: mid Date: 1593 1. something in a middle position, a middle condition or degree ; mean , a means of effecting or conveying something: as, a. a substance regarded as the ... - 280. OUTBOARD MOTOR (Английские словари. English dictionaries./Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster)
noun Date: 1909 a small internal combustion engine with propeller integrally attached for mounting at the stern of a small boat ...