Orleans
[ɔ:'liənz]
Definition
(noun.) a long siege of Orleans by the English was relieved by Joan of Arc in 1429.
(noun.) a city on the Loire river in north central France; site of the siege of Orleans by the English (1428-1429).
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Definition
(n.) A cloth made of worsted and cotton, -- used for wearing apparel.
(n.) A variety of the plum. See under Plum.
Typist: Rosa
Examples
- Having received this order I went to New Orleans to confer with Banks about the proposed movement. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- She immediately fell into the slave-trader's fangs, and was doomed for the New Orleans market. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It was built by Jean Sans-Peur, Duke of Burgundy, to set his conscience at rest--he had assassinated the Duke of Orleans. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- So far as the imperial forces were concerned, he had things all his own way, and he sacked most of the towns of France as far south as Orleans. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I had, therefore, asked to have an expedition ready to move from New Orleans against Mobile in case Kirby Smith should get across. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The first steamboat on the Mississippi was the Orleans, of 100 tons, built at Pittsburg by Fulton and Livingston in 1811. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It had been sent by the way of New Orleans to Banks to be forwarded to me. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- She was despatched to New Orleans; but, when about half way there, God had mercy on her, and smote her with death. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It was afterwards adopted, with some variations, by the Duke of Orleans, at that time regent of France. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Early in July the long expected orders were received, but they only took the regiment to New Orleans Barracks. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The Government had seized the steamer chartered for Brazil, in order to bring troops from the Yazoo River to New Orleans to stop the rioting. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Father bought her once, in one of his trips to New Orleans, and brought her up as a present to mother. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Smith's command to where it belonged and get back to New Orleans himself in time to execute his part in the general plan. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I left my old man in New Orleans. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- And now, while the distant domes and spires of New Orleans rise to our view, there is yet time for an introduction to Miss Ophelia. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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