Saxony
['sæks(ə)nɪ]
Definition
(noun.) an area in Germany around the upper Elbe river; the original home of the Saxons.
Typist: Veronica--From WordNet
Definition
n. a woollen material: flannel.
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Examples
- But in France, Russia, in many states of Germany and of Italy--Saxony and Tuscany _e. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Lützow[377] describes how the papal representative and the Duke of Saxony ascended a convenient hill to inspect the battlefield. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was followed very soon by another line near Berlin for actual traffic; then still another in Saxony. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The old Gessner presses of Saxony were the pioneers in this field. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He was born in Saxony and came of a family which had engaged for three hundred years in mining and metal working. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Many of the German princes, and especially the Elector of Saxony, sided with the reformer. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They w ere active in Saxony when George Agricola prepared his famous works on metallurgy and mineralogy inspired by the tr aditional wisdom of the local iron industry. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- We cannot even catalogue here the minor Grand Monarchs of the time in Florence (Tuscany) and Savoy and Saxony and Denmark and Sweden. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They were Germans from Saxony, and, emigrating thither but a few years before, had formed new ties with the surrounding villagers. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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