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fenks, n. pl. (fɛnks) Also finks. The fibrous parts of the blubber of a whale, which contain the oil; the refuse of the blubber when melted. Also in Comb., as fenk(s)-back: see quot.1820 Scoresby Acc. Arctic Reg. II. 399 A ‘fenk-back’ or depository for the refuse of the blubber. Ibid. II. 434 The fe...
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Gunpowder empires
At the Battle of Mohács in 1526, the Janissaries equipped with 2000 tüfenks (usually translated as musket) "formed nine consecutive rows and they fired
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Volley fire
The Janissaries equipped with 2000 tüfenks (usually translated as musket) "formed nine consecutive rows and they fired their weapons row by row," in a
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clow
▪ I. clow, n.1 (klaʊ) Forms: α. 3 (dat.) cluse, 5–6 clowse, clowze, clouse, pl. clousis, clowses, 9 dial. cloose. β. pl. 5 clowys, 6– clowes, 9 cloughs; sing. 5 clowe, 7–9 clow, 8–9 clough; dial. clow, clew. [Clow is a false singular formed upon clowes, clowis, taken in 15–16th c. for a plural, but ...
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Port of Whitby
The waste from the blubber to oil process, known locally as Fenks, was exported from the port as a manure.
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fritter
▪ I. fritter, n.1 (ˈfrɪtə(r)) Forms: 5 fretoure, -ure, frutter, fruyter, frytour, -owre, (freature), 5–6 frit-, frut-, -er, -eur, -our(e, -ur(e, 6 frither, frytter, 7 frittar, 5– fritter. [a. Fr. friture = Sp. fritura, It. frittura:—Lat. type *frīctūra, f. frīgĕre to fry.] 1. Usually pl. A portion o...
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List of inventions in the medieval Islamic world
equipped with firearms in the world."
16th century
Firearm kneeling position: At the Battle of Mohács in 1526, the Janissaries equipped with 2000 tüfenks
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footing
footing, vbl. n. (ˈfʊtɪŋ) [f. foot v. + -ing1.] 1. a. The act of walking, pacing, or stepping; a step or tread. Now rare. † to set footing: to set foot (in, on a place), to enter. (Also fig.)1583 Stanyhurst æneis iii. (Arb.) 89 He stutted, apaled And fixt his footing. 1593 Shakes. 2 Hen. VI, iii. ii...
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start
▪ I. start, n.1 (stɑːt) Forms: 1 steort, (3 steort- in comb.), 3–7 stert, 7 stirt, 4–6 sterte, 5 storte, 6 starte, 6– start. [Com. Teut.: OE. steort masc. corresponds to OFris. stert, stirt (WFris. stirt, NFris. stört), (M)LG. stert, MDu. staert (mod.Du. staart), OHG., mod.G. sterz, ON. stert-r (Sw....
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