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American gymnast & acrobat (1814–1874)
Richard Risley Carlisle (1814–1874) was an American gymnast and acrobat who often performed as Professor Risley. He is known for developing a circus act
Richard_Risley_Carlisle
Type of circus act
feet. The act is named after Richard Risley Carlisle (1814–1874) who developed this kind of act in the United States. Risleys can be separated into three
Risley_(circus_act)
Richard Risley (before 1615 – October 1648) was an early Puritan settler in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and one of the founders of Hartford, Connecticut
Richard_Risley
2012 non-fiction work by Frederik L. Schodt
traces the history of American acrobat and impresario "Professor" Risley (Richard Risley Carlisle) and his attempts in the 19th century at bringing the West
Professor Risley and the Imperial Japanese Troupe
Professor_Risley_and_the_Imperial_Japanese_Troupe
Topics referred to by the same term
Risley in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Risley may refer to: Colored Memorial School and Risley High School, Brunswick, Georgia, U.S. John Risley Hall
Risley
1633 Dutch trading house in Connecticut
exploded in 1636 when clergyman Thomas Hooker led 100 settlers, including Richard Risley, with 130 head of cattle in a trek from Newtown (now Cambridge) in the
House_of_Hope_(fort)
Town in Indiana, United States
Potawatamie to the west. It was platted under the name of New Carlisle, by Richard Risley Carlisle, who had come from Philadelphia, in 1835. The New Carlisle
New_Carlisle,_Indiana
American painter
Banvard had a rivalry with panorama performers John Rowson Smith and Richard Risley Carlisle. Banvard called them imitators and "unprincipled persons".
John_Banvard
Historic cemetery in Philadelphia and Yeadon, Pennsylvania, US
actress and singer Augustus C. Buell (1847–1904), fraudulent author Richard Risley Carlisle (1814–1874), gymnast and acrobat George Connell (1871–1955)
Mount Moriah Cemetery (Philadelphia)
Mount_Moriah_Cemetery_(Philadelphia)
British ethnographer and colonial administrator (1851–1911)
Sir Herbert Hope Risley KCIE CSI FRAI (4 January 1851 – 30 September 1911) was a British ethnographer and colonial administrator, a member of the Indian
Herbert_Hope_Risley
Canadian businessman
John Carter Risley OC (born April 26, 1948) is a Canadian billionaire businessman with interests in fisheries, food supplements, and communications. He
John_Risley
Canadian actor (1941–2026)
Richard Francois Donat (June 1, 1941 – March 28, 2026) was a Canadian actor, known for his work in Canadian and American television. He is well known
Richard_Donat
American artist (1775–1849)
son John Rowson Smith was a moving panorama painter who worked with Richard Risley Carlisle. The juvenile drawing-book (1844) Beacon Hill, Boston Catskill
John_Rubens_Smith
House in Risley, Derbyshire, England
Latin House, Risley is a Grade II* listed building in Risley, Derbyshire. In 1583 Sir Michael Willoughby and his wife Catherine founded three schools
Latin_House,_Risley
American lawyer and politician (1944–2023)
Richard Phillip Ieyoub, Sr. (/ˈaɪjuːb/ EYE-yoob; August 11, 1944 – April 10, 2023) was an American attorney and politician from the state of Louisiana
Richard_Ieyoub
American painter (1810–1864)
Smith's panorama business partner was Richard Risley Carlisle, an acrobat who performed under the moniker Professor Risley. He and Smith claimed to be the originator
John_Rowson_Smith
Character Actor(s) Duration Ref. Robert Sugden Richard Smith 1986–2005, 2009, 2014–2019, 2025–present Christopher Smith Karl Davies Ryan Hawley Eric Pollard
List_of_Emmerdale_characters
Former entertainment venue in New York City, U.S
Hippotheatron with a show by the circus troupe of Richard Risley Carlisle, who appeared as 'Professor' Risley. Lent remained as manager until 1872. The name
Hippotheatron
Pole, 1st Baron Montagu Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton (Lord Risley) Anne Parr, Countess of Pembroke (Lady Herbert) As established by the series
List_of_The_Tudors_characters
Animated television series
Mark Risley. Note: The first 11 episodes in this season were directed by Mark Risley and the remaining 15 episodes were directed by Mark Risley and Darrell
The_Mr._Men_Show
Reverend Thomas Risley (27 August 1630 – 1716) was an English Presbyterian minister, founder of the Thomas Risley Chapel. Thomas Risley was born on 27
Thomas_Risley
American politician and diplomat (1928–2019)
Richard Bernard Stone (September 22, 1928 – July 28, 2019) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Democratic United States Senator from
Richard_Stone_(politician)
American politician (born 1957)
Richard Nelson Swett (born May 1, 1957) is an American politician and diplomat from the U.S. state of New Hampshire who served as the U.S. representative
Richard_N._Swett
1987 British film
friendship with two fellow students: the aristocratic eccentric Viscount Risley and the rich and handsome Clive Durham. Clive falls in love with Maurice
Maurice_(1987_film)
English civil servant, Indologist, and numismatist
replacing William Stevenson Meyer who had himself replaced Sir Herbert Risley, both of whom had been promoted to more senior positions. The Gazetteer
Richard_Burn_(Indologist)
Village near Warrington, England
businesses on the outskirts of the village on the road between Culcheth and Risley. There are two supermarkets in the village centre as well as a wide range
Culcheth
English baronet (1579-1649)
paternal grandparents were George Willoughby, of Risley, and Elizabeth Neale (a daughter of Richard Neale). His maternal grandfather was Henry Hawes of
Sir Henry Willoughby, 1st Baronet
Sir_Henry_Willoughby,_1st_Baronet
1979 Canadian disaster film directed by Alvin Rakoff
Chief Albert Risley Jonathan Welsh as Herman Stover Hilary Farr as Mrs. Adams (credited as Hilary Labow) Mavor Moore as John O'Brien Richard Donat as Fire
City_on_Fire_(1979_film)
American politician (born 1948)
Richard Hugh Baker (born May 22, 1948) is an American politician and lobbyist. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from
Richard Baker (American politician)
Richard_Baker_(American_politician)
American actor and comedian (1949–2005)
several of the writers and fellow cast members Gilbert Gottfried and Ann Risley, before the next episode. A writers' strike led to the suspension of the
Charles_Rocket
Pseudoscientific justification for racism
As an exponent of "race science", colonial administrator Herbert Hope Risley (1851–1911) used the ratio of the width of a nose to its height to divide
Scientific_racism
Animated children's television series
(voiced by Henry Kaufman) Dog (voiced by Jeff Bennett) Leo (voiced by Benji Risley) Moose (voiced by Roger Craig Smith) Esme Louise (voiced by Scarlett Estevez)
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (TV series)
If_You_Give_a_Mouse_a_Cookie_(TV_series)
English politician (1505–1550)
is assumed that the pronunciation may have been "Risley", as Wriothesley is nicknamed "Call-Me Risley", see "In fiction". Montague-Smith 1977, p. 410 Wells
Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton
Thomas_Wriothesley,_1st_Earl_of_Southampton
Indian agricultural caste
Bayly: Those like (Sir William) Hunter, as well as the key figures of H. H. Risley (1851–1911) and his protégé Edgar Thurston, who were disciples of the French
Kurmi
Extinct species of marine mammal
Mammalogy. 53 (4): 912–914. doi:10.2307/1379236. JSTOR 1379236. Turvey, S. T.; Risley, C. L. (2006). "Modelling the extinction of Steller's sea cow". Biology
Steller's_sea_cow
English criminal (born 1952)
carrier and in a number of factories. He was imprisoned for the first time at Risley, serving time on remand for criminal damage after he smashed some parked
Charles_Bronson_(prisoner)
Title that has been used for at least three books
be, in the words of Herbert Hope Risley, "the cement that holds together the myriad units of Indian society". Risley, who was an English administrator
The_People_of_India
American international political consultant (born 1944)
early 1993, Carville consulted for San Fernando Valley state assemblyman Richard Katz in his campaign for the 1993 Los Angeles mayoral election, the first
James_Carville
2020 film directed by Jeff Fowler
Pen Densham as executive producer. MGM and Sega hired Richard Jefferies, an associate of Risley from her days at Marvel Comics, to write a film treatment
Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(film)
American politician (1893–1935)
Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications. ISBN 978-1-4129-5489-1. White, Richard D. (2006). Kingfish: The Reign of Huey P. Long. New York: Random House
Huey_Long
Online platform for short-term housing rentals
expertise". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on November 19, 2017. Risley, James (September 11, 2015). "Airbnb acquires Seattle-based trip planning
Airbnb
English polar explorer (died 1554)
him. List of people who disappeared mysteriously at sea Nesbit Willoughby Risley Hall Payling, 2004 Evans 2014 Joseph Bain, Calendar State Papers Scotland
Hugh_Willoughby
South Asia and Beyond. Palgrave Macmillan US. ISBN 978-1-137-09581-7. "H.H. Risley and E.A. Gait, (1903), Report of the Census of India, 1901, Calcutta, Superintendent
Islam_in_India
German-Irish actor (born 1977)
Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014. Risley, Matt. "Michael Fassbender says Prometheus 2 'is going to happen'". Retrieved
Michael_Fassbender
Topics referred to by the same term
by Richard Brome The Antipodes, a 2017 play by Annie Baker Antipodes, journal of the American Association for Australian Literary Studies Risley (circus
Antipode
Animated television series
but was made female in Season 2. The series concept was developed by Richard Schweiger, who wanted to create a show based around animated vehicles that
Space_Racers
British musician and sex offender (born 1944)
March 2024, it was reported that he was being incarcerated at HM Prison Risley. On 11 June 2024, a High Court judge, Mrs Justice Tipples, ruled that Gadd
Gary_Glitter
American historical drama television series
LisaGay Hamilton as Frances Watkins Harper (season 3). Peter McRobbie as Risley Sage (season 3). Kate Baldwin as Nancy Adams Bell (season 3), John Adams'
The_Gilded_Age_(TV_series)
American filmmaker (born 1957)
Angeles, and grew up in the suburb of Whittier. His mother, Jewell Mae (née Risley; 1918–2005), was an art teacher at Bell Gardens High School, and his father
John_Lasseter
British joint-stock company (1600–1858)
Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2015. Risley, Sir Herbert H., ed. (1908), The Indian Empire: Historical, Imperial Gazetteer
East_India_Company
Capital of Karnataka, India
Tech. 27 April 2004. Meyer, William Stevenson; Burn, Richard; Cotton, James Sutherland; Risley, Herbert Hope (2006) [1909]. The Imperial Gazetteer of
Bengaluru
American murderer (1951–1995)
June 8, 2025. "Duncan Peder Mckenzie, Jr., Petitioner-appellant, v. Henry Risley, et al., Respondents-appellees, 842 F.2d 1525 (9th Cir. 1988)". Justia Law
Duncan_McKenzie_(murderer)
Social classification practised in India
pp. 249–253. H. H. Risley (1903). Ethnographic Appendices, in GOI, Census of India, 1901 (see tables on Ajlaf and Arzal, and Risley discussion of these
Caste_system_in_India
Nilotic ethnic group in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
figures in the African nationalist struggle. Luo scientists, such as Thomas Risley Odhiambo Nandy (founder of the International Centre of Insect Physiology
Luo_people
2010 film by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. Matt Risley of Variety wrote a highly positive review, hailing it as "undoubtedly Dreamworks'
How to Train Your Dragon (2010 film)
How_to_Train_Your_Dragon_(2010_film)
2014 film
starlets Kristen Stewart and Chloë Grace Moretz — to new heights." Matt Risley of Total Film called it "an elegant, intelligent drama, enlivened by strong
Clouds_of_Sils_Maria
Canadian space technology company
to Canadian Control". MDA. Retrieved 26 October 2020. "Group led by John Risley to buy Canadarm maker MDA in $1-billion deal". www.thechronicleherald.ca
MDA_Space
American prosecutor and businessman (1926–2024)
about the review board in 1995, he gave the records to television reporter Richard Angelico for Angelico to deliver the records to Congress, stating, "When
Harry_Connick_Sr.
American businessman (1948–2024)
Richard Emery Zuschlag (March 28, 1948 – June 5, 2024) was an American businessman who was the chairman and chief executive officer of Acadian Ambulance
Richard_Zuschlag
Bancroft (1851–1855), merged with Kossuth County, Namesake: George Bancroft Risley (1851–1853), formed Hamilton County Yell (1851–1853), formed Webster County
List_of_counties_in_Iowa
Irish actor
seasons of The Crown for Netflix. Tandy first appeared on film as Viscount Risley in Merchant Ivory's Maurice. Other film appearances include Howards End
Mark_Tandy_(actor)
State in western India
Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013. H. H. Risley (1908). Census of India, 1901, Volume I, Ethnographic Appendices (PDF) (Report)
Maharashtra
Private university in Ithaca, New York, US
system developed through a $250 million project, influenced in part by Risley Residential College. Other options include Schuyler House (a former part
Cornell_University
Researcher". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-01-06. Baer DM, Wolf MM, Risley TR (1968). "Some current dimensions of applied behavior analysis". Journal
History_of_autism
leave office. Exceptions are limited to the portrayal of former president Richard Nixon who resigned prior to the launch of the show in 1975, Bill Clinton
List of Saturday Night Live cast members
List_of_Saturday_Night_Live_cast_members
American basketball player
considered quitting the team during his freshman season. Hoosiers teammate Steve Risley believed Knight saw more potential in Landon than anyone else but saw him
Landon_Turner_(basketball)
2010 film by Joseph Kosinski
Archived from the original on February 24, 2013. Retrieved December 24, 2010. Risley, Matt. "Tron: Uprising- Horowitz Reveals A-List Line-Up". Sky Movies. News
Tron:_Legacy
1963–65 serial child killings in England
She was charged as an accessory to the murder of Evans and remanded at Risley Prison. Police searching Wardle Brook Avenue found an old exercise book
Moors_murders
Gazetteer of the British Raj in India
Sir William Wilson Hunter in 1900, Sir Herbert Hope Risley, William Stevenson Meyer, Sir Richard Burn and James Sutherland Cotton compiled the twenty-six
Imperial_Gazetteer_of_India
2013 Marvel Studios film
Archived from the original on April 28, 2020. Retrieved April 9, 2019. Risley, Matt (February 6, 2014). "All Hail The King: Drew Pearce Interview". GamesRadar+
Iron_Man_3
Fictional character from Doctor Who
and riffing on a very promising chemistry with Matt Smith." IGN's Matt Risley felt that Clara "trumped her already-bombastic debut with a character both
Clara_Oswald
connect to the original cast's replacements, such as Charles Rocket and Ann Risley. The New York Times wrote that "only the shell remained" of the previous
History of Saturday Night Live
History_of_Saturday_Night_Live
Migrations of Indo-Aryans into the Indian subcontinent
the indigenous eastern natives, who were easy to conquer". Herbert Hope Risley expanded on Müller's two-race Indo-European speaking Aryan invasion theory
Indo-Aryan_migrations
Census of India prior to independence
Census Commissioner H. H. Risley. The role of Risley has sometimes drawn particular attention, with Nicholas Dirks stating, "Risley's anthropology worked not
Census_in_British_India
2011 Doctor Who episode
gave the episode a rating of four out of five stars. IGN reviewer Matt Risley rated the episode 9 out of 10, saying it "maintained the thrills, chills
Day_of_the_Moon
Episode of British TV's Doctor Who
a Technicolor firework, lighting up every scene he adorns". IGN's Matt Risley rated the episode 9 out of 10 and concluded, "Sweet, touching, intelligent
The_Doctor's_Wife
1977 single by Eagles
of conjectural interpretations by listeners. In the 1980s, the Rev. Paul Risley of Cornerstone Church in Burlington, Wisconsin, alleged that "Hotel California"
Hotel_California
American director, screenwriter, and producer (born 1964)
Archived from the original on February 24, 2009. Retrieved September 16, 2013. Risley, Matt (April 25, 2013). "The Best Joss Whedon Movie Moments". GamesRadar
Joss_Whedon
2015 Marvel Studios film
Archived from the original on June 29, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2014. Risley, Matt (June 5, 2014). "Mark Ruffalo on his 'bigger, more complex' Hulk in
Avengers:_Age_of_Ultron
British artist and former art forger
Greenhalgh's fakes, including the Amarna Princess, a version of the Roman Risley Park Lanx, and works supposedly by Barbara Hepworth and Thomas Moran, were
Shaun_Greenhalgh
Online archive of e-prints
doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3161-06.2006, PMC 6674456, PMID 16988030 Greechie, Richard; Pulmannova, Sylvia; Svozil, Karl (July 2005), "Preface to the Proceedings
ArXiv
2014 Doctor Who episode
commented on its allusions to The Tomb of the Cybermen and The Invasion. Matt Risley of IGN praised the episode for its "tense and traumatic dose of Who", but
Dark_Water_(Doctor_Who)
16th century Awadhi epic
Sreenivasan 2007, p. 30. Meyer, William Stevenson; Burn, Richard; Cotton, James Sutherland; Risley, Herbert Hope (1909). "Vernacular Literature". The Imperial
Padmavat
2013 film by Dan Scanlon
Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved May 10, 2012. Risley, Matt (February 20, 2013). "Exclusive: Meet the class of Monsters University"
Monsters_University
UK atomic bomb development project
who established his headquarters in a former Royal Ordnance Factory at Risley in Lancashire. These included a uranium metal plant at Springfields, nuclear
High_Explosive_Research
featured Tom Marsham CBE FRS (10 November 1923 – 12 October 1989) of UKAEA at Risley, Warrington (Birchwood Park), who was the reactor manager of Calder Hall
List_of_Equinox_episodes
Outdated grouping of human beings
based on racial classifications in South Asia conceived by Herbert Hope Risley classified inhabitants of Bengal and parts of Odisha as Mongolo-Dravidians
Mongoloid
UK Parliament constituency (since 1983)
Glazebury and Croft, Fairfield, Hulme, Locking Stumps, Gorse Covert and Risley, Oakwood, Orford, Poplars, Poulton North, Poulton South, Rixton and Woolston
Warrington_North
1943 film
encounter the town's sheriff, Risley, who reveals Kinkaid is not dead and that the men who shot him have been arrested. Risley then asks Davies who is responsible
The_Ox-Bow_Incident
Former air-cooled graphite-moderated nuclear reactors
established his headquarters in a former Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF) at Risley in Lancashire on 4 February 1946. In July 1946, the Chiefs of Staff Committee
Windscale_Piles
Retrieved 31 March 2011. "A Brief History of Risley Musical Theatre Company (Formerly Risley Operatic Group)". Risley Musical Theatre Company. Archived from
Intimate_Theatre
and Professor of English at Emory University; MacArthur Fellow (2000) Richard Pipes (graduate of 1945) – historian in Russian history; fellow of the
List of Cornell University alumni
List_of_Cornell_University_alumni
2014 Doctor Who episode
Time Lord we've seen since Eccleston's." He gave it 4 stars out of 5. Matt Risley of IGN gave the episode a positive review, praising the characterisation
The_Caretaker_(Doctor_Who)
American penologist (born 1942)
Alexander Randy Ewing Charlton Lyons Samuel B. Nunez Jr. William Nungesser Risley C. Triche 2011 James H. Brown Lucille May Grace Catherine D. Kimball J.
Burl_Cain
English writer and critic (1880–1932)
M. Forster's Maurice, Forster remarks that the Cambridge undergraduate Risley in the novel is based on Strachey. Strachey was portrayed by Jonathan Pryce
Lytton_Strachey
American diplomat
Anderson Enander Carr Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Carr Risley Swenson O'Brien Egan Hapgood Grew Prince Dodge Booth Coleman Owen Owsley
Keith_L._Brown_(diplomat)
Historical region in India
K. Bose. p. 40. "The People - Hindus". Nasik District Gazetteers. H. H. Risley (1908). Census of India, 1901, Volume I, Ethnographic Appendices (PDF) (Report)
Marhatta_(region)
Species of duck
America. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-618-57423-0. Abraham, Kevin; Risley, Chris; Weseloh, D.V. Chip (2020). "Aberrant colouration in some Ontario
Mallard
City in Nevada, United States
Natchez, Palmer, Peavine, Picollo Special Education School, Pleasant Valley, Risley, Roy Gomm, Sepulveda, Sierra Vista, Silver Lake, Alice Smith, Kate Smith
Reno,_Nevada
Holmes Absalom Barrett Hallock O. Risley A. P. Dennison J. M. Breck S. Coffin C. S. Silvers A. G. Walling 1863 O. Risley N. Williams 1863-64 David Logan
List of members of the Portland City Council
List_of_members_of_the_Portland_City_Council
RICHARD RISLEY
RICHARD RISLEY
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : variant of Richard.A Ricard is documented in Montreal in 1665, with the secondary surname Saint-Germain.
Male
French
Norman French form of Latin Ricardus, RICHAUD means "powerful ruler."
Male
Slovene
Slovene form of Old High German Ricohard, RIHARD means "powerful ruler."
Surname or Lastname
English, French, German, and Dutch
English, French, German, and Dutch : from a Germanic personal name
composed of the elements rīc ‘power(ful)’ + hard
‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’.A Richard from Normandy is documented in Quebec City in 1669, with
the secondary surname
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Richard.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Rickard.
Male
Italian
Italian form of Latin Ricardus, RICCARDO means "powerful ruler."
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Powerful Ruler
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Arabic, Australian, Bengali, British, Chinese, Christian, Czechoslovakian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Irish, Italian, Jamaican, Netherlands, Swedish, Swiss, Teutonic
Brave One; Strong Ruler; A Teutonic Name from the European Middle Ages; Dominant Ruler; Powerful Leader
Male
Spanish
Spanish form of Latin Ricardus, RICARDO means "powerful ruler."
Male
English
English form of Norman French Richaud, RICHARD means "powerful ruler."
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : patronymic from the personal name Richard. Richards is a frequent name in Wales.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon and Cornwall) and German
English (Devon and Cornwall) and German : variant of Richard.Americanized spelling of German Reichardt.
Boy/Male
Teutonic American English Shakespearean French German
Powerful ruler.
Female
Spanish
Feminine form of Spanish Ricardo, RICARDA means "powerful ruler." Used mostly in Germany.
Male
Finnish
Finnish form of Old High German Ricohard, RIKHARD means "powerful ruler."
Female
Italian
Feminine form of Italian Riccardo, RICCARDA means "powerful ruler."
Male
German
Contracted form of German Reginhard, REINHARD means "wise and strong."
Male
Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of Old High German Ricohard, RIKARD means "powerful ruler."
Female
English
Feminine form of English Richard, RICHARDA means "powerful ruler."
RICHARD RISLEY
RICHARD RISLEY
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Origin of Soul
Boy/Male
Hindu
The polar star, Firm, Unshakable
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Celestial Woman
Boy/Male
Arabic
Bird.
Female
French
Variant spelling of French Odile, ODILLE means "wealthy."
Boy/Male
Indian
Five
Boy/Male
Hindu
A tree, Sincere
Boy/Male
Tamil
Fragrance, Scent
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Method
Girl/Female
German
Brilliant protectress.
RICHARD RISLEY
RICHARD RISLEY
RICHARD RISLEY
RICHARD RISLEY
RICHARD RISLEY
n.
The pochard; -- called also dunair, and dunker, or dun-curre.
n.
A plant; chard.
n.
A follower of the Rev. Richard Cameron, a Scotch Covenanter of the time of Charles II.
n.
An instrument, as a lyre or harp, having three strings.
n.
One of a sect of Adamites in the fifteenth century; -- so called from one Picard of Flanders. See Adamite.
n.
The pilchard.
n.
A young person, either male or female, of noble or gentle extraction; as, Damsel Pepin; Damsel Richard, Prince of Wales.
n.
In America, any one of several species of the genus Icterus, belonging to the family Icteridae. See Baltimore oriole, and Orchard oriole, under Orchard.
prep.
Against; as, John Doe versus Richard Roe; -- chiefly used in legal language, and abbreviated to v. or vs.
v. i.
A salted and smoked fish, as the pilchard.
n.
An orchard.
n.
A garden or orchard.
n.
A kind of spear anciently used. Its use was prohibited by a statute of Richard II.
n.
See Poachard.
n.
A piece of money coined in the east by Richard II. of England.
n.
One who cultivates an orchard.
n.
A small European food fish (Clupea pilchardus) resembling the herring, but thicker and rounder. It is sometimes taken in great numbers on the coast of England.
n.
An inclosure containing fruit trees; also, the fruit trees, collectively; -- used especially of apples, peaches, pears, cherries, plums, or the like, less frequently of nutbearing trees and of sugar maple trees.
n.
A variety of the white beet, which produces large, succulent leaves and leafstalks.
n.
A garden.