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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_184414" /> == | |||
<p> Including 493 coloured), the largest of the United States of America, in the extreme SW., fronts the Gulf of [[Mexico]] for 400 m. between Mexico (W.) and [[Louisiana]] (E.); has an area more than twice that of the British Isles, exhibiting a great variety of soil from rich alluvial valleys and pastoral prairies to arid deserts of sand in the S. Climate in the S. is semi-tropical, in the N. colder and drier. The useful metals are found in abundance, but agriculture and stock-raising are the chief occupations, | <p> (n.) A structure on the hurricane deck of a steamer, containing the pilot house, officers' cabins, etc. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_80711" /> == | |||
<p> Including 493 coloured), the largest of the United States of America, in the extreme SW., fronts the [[Gulf]] of [[Mexico]] for 400 m. between Mexico (W.) and [[Louisiana]] (E.); has an area more than twice that of the British Isles, exhibiting a great variety of soil from rich alluvial valleys and pastoral prairies to arid deserts of sand in the S. Climate in the S. is semi-tropical, in the N. colder and drier. The useful metals are found in abundance, but agriculture and stock-raising are the chief occupations, Texas being the leading cattle-raising and cotton State in the Union; seceded from the republic of Mexico in 1835, and was an independent State till 1845, when it was annexed to the American Union. [[Austin]] is the capital and [[Galveston]] the principal port. </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_184414"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/texas Texas from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_80711"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/texas Texas from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_80711"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/texas Texas from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:05, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) A structure on the hurricane deck of a steamer, containing the pilot house, officers' cabins, etc.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
Including 493 coloured), the largest of the United States of America, in the extreme SW., fronts the Gulf of Mexico for 400 m. between Mexico (W.) and Louisiana (E.); has an area more than twice that of the British Isles, exhibiting a great variety of soil from rich alluvial valleys and pastoral prairies to arid deserts of sand in the S. Climate in the S. is semi-tropical, in the N. colder and drier. The useful metals are found in abundance, but agriculture and stock-raising are the chief occupations, Texas being the leading cattle-raising and cotton State in the Union; seceded from the republic of Mexico in 1835, and was an independent State till 1845, when it was annexed to the American Union. Austin is the capital and Galveston the principal port.
