Salem
['seiləm]
Definition
(noun.) a city in southern India.
(noun.) a city in northeastern Massachusetts; site of the witchcraft trials in 1692.
(noun.) capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River.
Edited by Allison--From WordNet
Examples
- Nathan Read of Salem, Massachusetts, in 1791, invented a tubular boiler in which the flues and gases are conducted through tubes passing through the boiler into the smokestack. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- However, I began, with the assistance of the son of a professional man, who had been to Salem House--Yawler, with his nose on one side. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- MY 'FIRST HALF' AT SALEM HOUSE School began in earnest next day. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- My mind flew back to Salem House; and could it be Tommy, I thought, who used to draw the skeletons! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- A short walk brought us--I mean the Master and me--to Salem House, which was enclosed with a high brick wall, and looked very dull. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Traddles in our room at Salem House? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Farmer, in Salem, Massachusetts, in the year 1859. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Doctor Mell (of Colonial Salem-House Grammar School, Port Middlebay) presided, and on his right sat the distinguished guest. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- In the United States an ordinance establishing a curfew, with the purpose of keeping young people off the streets, has existed in Salem, Mass. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It is even difficult for me to believe that there was a gap of full two months between my return to Salem House and the arrival of that birthday. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I left Salem House upon the morrow afternoon. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- At this time a resident of Salem, Thomas Sanders, engaged the young teacher to train his small deaf-mute son, and asked him to make his home at Sanders’ house in Salem. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Salem House was a square brick building with wings; of a bare and unfurnished appearance. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Farmer lighted his house at Salem, Mass. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The application was made by Alexander Graham Bell, of Salem, Massachusetts, and the caveat by Elisha Gray, of Chicago, Illinois. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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