Baldwin
['bɔ:ldwin]
Definition
(noun.) an American eating apple with red or yellow and red skin.
(noun.) English statesman; member of the Conservative Party (1867-1947).
(noun.) United States author who was an outspoken critic of racism (1924-1987).
Typist: Ruth--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A kind of reddish, moderately acid, winter apple.
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Examples
- Baldwin, a construction engineer, living in the United States, began to work on calculating machines in 1870. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Mr. Baldwin did not even know of the existence of the Thomas machine at that time. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The Disinherited Knight then addressed his discourse to Baldwin, the squire of Brian de Bois-Guilbert. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Droege, of the Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr, has also been of very great service. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The Baldwin Locomotive Works, of Philadelphia, has had a notable career in the field of locomotive construction. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- So in 1911 Monroe met Mr. Baldwin. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Old Ironsides, built in 1832, was the first Baldwin locomotive, and it did duty for over a score of years. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Baldwin’s first locomotive, Old Ironsides, built. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Tull's machines were much improved by James Cooke, a clergyman of Lancashire, England; and also in the last decade of the eighteenth century by Baldwin and Wells of Norfolk, England. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- My master, answered Baldwin, knows how to requite scorn with scorn, and blows with blows, as well as courtesy with courtesy. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He was a member of the Baldwin, the Cavendish, and the Bagatelle card clubs. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mr. Monroe realized the possibilities of Mr. Baldwin’s idea. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Venice took much of the coasts and islands of the empire, and a Latin, Baldwin of Flanders, was set up as emperor in Constantinople. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This calculating machine, however, seemed to be too much in advance of the times, and Mr. Baldwin was unable to interest capital in it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There is no essential difference between the machines they are turning out today and Mr. Baldwin’s original machine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typist: Terrence