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Word: wiring (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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Hanlan's new shell, built by Warin, of Toronto, is named Maple Leaf. Her dimensions are: Length, 30 feet seven inches; width, 11 inches; depth, 5 1/2 inches; weight, 25 pounds 3 1/2 ounces. It is built with wire instead of wooden stays. With her outriggers, she weighs 26 pounds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GENERAL SPORTING NOTES. | 3/23/1882 | See Source »

...wish to disparage the highly moral nature of Cambridge people in general, we cannot forget that there is a mischievous and malicious spirit present in every community. Therefore we can consistently ask if the College acts wisely in not protecting the Memorial Hall windows by a wire screen of some sort? As they now stand, a stone from the hand of a "Port Mucker," or from that of an inebriated Freshman, might cause several hundred dollars' damage, and put the University to great inconvenience as well, while the offender would be in little danger of detection...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WELL, NOT THIS EVENING. | 2/25/1881 | See Source »

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