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log-jam [f. log n.1 + jam n.1] 1. An accumulation of logs in a river; a place where logs become jammed. Cf. jam n.1 1.1885 E. L. Dorsey Midshipman Bob (1886) i. 73 His father got killed in a log-jam. 1897 Kipling Five Nations (1903) 39 Do you know that racing stream With the raw, right-angled log-ja...
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Log jam
A log jam is a naturally occurring phenomenon characterized by a dense accumulation of tree trunks and pieces of large wood across a vast section of a river, stream, or lake. ("Large wood" is commonly defined to be pieces of wood more than in diameter and more than long.) Log jams in rivers and stre...
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1886 St. Croix River log jam
On June 13, 1886, a log jam developed in the St. Croix River, close to Taylors Falls, Minnesota, and St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin. The river was used to transport large quantities of logs from the forests upstream to the sawmills, and log jams disrupted this business. The 1886 jam was described at the...
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Frank Simpson (cricketer)
vehicles to support infantry which was being harassed by snipers hidden in buildings, and organised the traffic on the beach to clear the developing log-jam
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jam
jam/dʒæm; dʒæm/ n1 [U] sweet substance made by boiling fruit with sugar until it is thick, usu preserved in jars, etc 果酱 He spread some strawberry jam on his toast. 他把草莓酱涂在烤面包片上.2 [C] type of this 果酱: recipes for jams and preserves 果酱和蜜饯的制作方法.3 (idm 习语) money for jam/old rope => money.jam / dʒæm; dʒ...
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Duncan Campbell Scott
"Probably the best known poem from the collection is 'At the Cedars,' a grim narrative about the death of a young man and his sweetheart during a log-jam
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timber
▪ I. timber, n.1 (ˈtɪmbə(r)) Forms: α. 1– timber; 4–5 -bir, 4–7 -bre, 5 -bur (7 -berr), 3–7 tymber, 4–6 -bre, 5 -byr, -bir(e, 5–6 -bur, (tembre). β. Sc. and north. dial. 4–5 tymyr(e, 5 tymmir, -yr(e, (temir, -yr), 5–9 tymmer, 6 tymer, -ir, (temmer), 8–9 timmer. [OE. timber = OFris. timber, OS. timba...
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Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony
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picke
▪ I. pick, n.1 (pɪk) Forms: 4 pikk, 4–6 pyk(k, 4–8 pic, 5 pikke, pykke, 6 pict, pycke, 6–7 picke, 7 pik, 6– pick. [app. a collateral form, with short vowel, of pike n.1 (Cf. the collateral forms pick and pike in pick v.1) Pick is the form in general English use in sense 1; in other senses it is eith...
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Riverfront Park (Spokane, Washington)
It features the three story Columbian slide tower, a Glacial Dam splash pad, a log-jam climbing wall, and a play fossil dig with buried "fossils" among
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