Utica
[ju:tikә]
Definition
(noun.) an ancient city on the north coast of Africa (northwest of Carthage); destroyed by Arabs around 700 AD.
(noun.) a city in central New York.
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Definition
(a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a subdivision of the Trenton Period of the Lower Silurian, characterized in the State of New York by beds of shale.
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Examples
- There was a gunsmith in Utica, and he walked there, fifteen miles over the hills, to have his barrel finished. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- One afternoon about a week before Christmas Edison's train jumped the track near Utica, a station on the line. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The 9th, McPherson moved to a point within a few miles west of Utica; McClernand and Sherman remained where they were. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The 11th, McClernand was at Five Mile Creek; Sherman at Auburn; McPherson five miles advanced from Utica. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The first station, called Utica, was a small one where I generally sold two papers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- On the 10th McPherson moved to Utica, Sherman to Big Sandy; McClernand was still at Big Sandy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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