Hastings
['heistiŋz]
Definition
(noun.) the decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest.
(noun.) a town in East Sussex just to the south of the place where the battle of Hastings took place.
(noun.) United States architect who formed and important architectural firm with John Merven Carrere (1860-1929).
Checked by Carmen--From WordNet
Definition
(v.) Early fruit or vegetables; especially, early pease.
Typist: Tito
Examples
- But as Warren Hastings looked at gold and thought of buying Daylesford, so Joshua Rigg looked at Stone Court and thought of buying gold. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In 1788 Warren Hastings, a second great Indian administrator, was impeached and acquitted (1792). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Together with the courage and conduct, said Brian de Bois-Guilbert, by which they distinguished themselves at Hastings and elsewhere. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- A man can do but his best, answered Hubert; but my grandsire drew a good long bow at Hastings, and I trust not to dishonour his memory. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- These twenty nobles I leave to Hubert, who has this day drawn as brave a bow as his grandsire did at Hastings. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Editor: Louise