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101birl — birler, n. /berrl/, v.t. 1. Chiefly Northern U.S. Lumbering. to cause (a floating log) to rotate rapidly by treading upon it. 2. Brit. to spin or cause to rotate. v.i. 3. Chiefly Northern U.S. Lumbering. to cause a floating log to rotate rapidly… …
102Brampton — /bramp teuhn/, n. a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada, near Toronto. 149,030. * * * City (pop., 2001: 325,428), southeastern Ontario, Canada. Located west of Toronto, it was founded с 1830. It was incorporated as a town in 1873 and as a city in… …
103British Columbia — British Columbian. a province in W Canada on the Pacific coast. 2,406,212; 366,255 sq. mi. (948,600 sq. km). Cap.: Victoria. * * * Province (pop., 2001: 3,907,738), western Canada. It is bounded by Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, Alberta …
104Calgary — /kal geuh ree/, n. a city in S Alberta, in SW Canada. 469,917. * * * City (pop., 2001: city, 878,866; metro. area, 951,395), southern Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1875 as a fort on the Bow River for the Northwest Mounted Police. The arrival …
105Europe — /yoor euhp, yerr / for 1; /yoo roh pee, yeuh / for 2, n. 1. a continent in the W part of the landmass lying between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains on the E and the Caucasus Mountains and the Black and… …
106Great Dividing Range — a mountain range extending along the E coast of Australia: vast watershed region. 100 to 200 mi. (160 320 km) wide. * * * Main watershed of eastern Australia. It comprises a series of plateaus and mountain ranges roughly paralleling the coasts of …
107Green Bay — 1. an arm of Lake Michigan, in NE Wisconsin. 120 mi. (195 km) long. 2. a port in E Wisconsin at the S end of this bay. 87,899. [1810 20, Amer.] * * * City (pop., 2000: 102,313), northeastern Wisconsin, U.S. Located on the Fox River at Green Bay,… …
108Little Falls — a township in NE New Jersey. 11,496. * * * ▪ Minnesota, United States city, seat (1856) of Morrison county, central Minnesota, U.S. It lies on the Mississippi River, in an agricultural and lake area, about 30 miles (50 km) north of St.… …
109Louisiana — Louisianan, Louisianian, adj., n. /looh ee zee an euh, looh euh zee , looh ee /, n. a state in the S United States. 4,203,972; 48,522 sq. mi. (125,672 sq. km). Cap: Baton Rouge. Abbr.: LA (for use with zip code), La. * * * State (pop., 2000:… …
110Maine — /mayn/, n. 1. a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 1,124,660; 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Cap.: Augusta. Abbr.: ME (for use with zip code), Me. 2. a historical region and former province in NW France. 3. (italics) a U.S.… …
