Maryland
['mεərilænd]
Definition
(noun.) a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies.
(noun.) one of the British colonies that formed the United States.
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Examples
- The tie between the Dagonets, the du Lacs of Maryland, and their aristocratic Cornish kinsfolk, the Trevennas, had always remained close and cordial. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- There is also every reason to believe that the French colonists in Maryland and Canada let no great time elapse before importing tables and equipment into those colonies. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- McCormick, of Virginia, and Obed Hussey, of Maryland, were the men who brought the reaper to a condition of practical utility. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- As I had predicted, Early was soon found in front of Sheridan in the valley, and Pennsylvania and Maryland were speedily freed from the invaders. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In 1786-7 he obtained in Pennsylvania and Maryland patents for applying steam to driving flour mills and propelling waggons. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In Virginia and Maryland, the cultivation of tobacco is preferred, as most profitable, to that of corn. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- About 96,000 hogsheads of tobacco are annually purchased in Virginia and Maryland with a part of the surplus produce of British industry. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Hussey, originally of Cincinnati, but afterwards of Maryland, was the first to obtain a patent, which was granted December 31, 1833. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Hussey, of Maryland, in 1833, produced the most useful harvester up to that time. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In 1836 Hussey was invited by the Maryland Agricultural Society for the Eastern Shore to exhibit his machine before them. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Maryland and Virginia have as little occasion for those metals in their foreign, as in their domestic commerce. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The English catholics, treated with much greater injustice, established that of Maryland; the quakers, that of Pennsylvania. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In 1787 Oliver Evans obtained a patent in Maryland for the exclusive right to make steam road wagons. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Before the revolt of our North American colonies, we had the monopoly of the tobacco of Maryland and Virginia. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Already the Army of Northern Virginia had defeated the army under General Pope and was invading Maryland. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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