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Gunboat of the United States Navy
USS Collier was a stern wheel steamer built at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1864 as the Allen Collier and purchased by the United States Navy on 7 December of
USS_Collier
First United States Navy aircraft carrier
USS Langley (CV-1/AV-3) was the United States Navy's first aircraft carrier, converted in 1920 from the collier USS Jupiter (Navy Fleet Collier No. 3)
USS_Langley_(CV-1)
Bulk cargo ship to carry coal
A collier is a bulk cargo ship designed or used to carry coal. Early evidence of coal being transported by sea includes use of coal in London in 1306
Collier_(ship)
United States navy ship lost at sea in 1918
USS Cyclops (AC-4) was the second of four Proteus-class colliers built for the United States Navy several years before World War I. Named after the Cyclops
USS_Cyclops
Collier of the United States Navy
The collier USS Proteus (AC-9) was laid down on 31 October 1911, by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, and launched on 14 September 1912
USS_Proteus_(AC-9)
Collier of the United States Navy
stars for her World War II service. The history of USS Vestal (AR-4) began when Erie (Fleet Collier No. 1) was authorized on 17 April 1904; but the ship
USS_Vestal
List of ships with the same or similar names
collier launched in 1908 and converted to the repair ship USS Vestal (AR-4) in 1913 USS Erie (PG-50), a gunboat launched in 1936 and sunk in 1942 USS Lake
USS_Erie
Collier of the United States Navy
USS Nereus (AC-10) was one of four Proteus-class colliers built for the United States Navy before World War I. Named for Nereus, an aquatic deity from
USS_Nereus_(AC-10)
List of ships with the same or similar names
USS Langley may refer to: Ships: USS Langley (CV-1), the first aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, converted from the collier Jupiter in 1922
USS_Langley
List of ships with the same or similar names
USS Saturn is a name used more than once by the United States Navy: USS Saturn (AG-4), an iron collier, was launched during 1890 by Harlan & Hollingsworth
USS_Saturn
Repair ship of the United States Navy
a collier on 18 October 1907 at the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California; launched on 5 December 1908; and commissioned 15 January 1910 as USS Ontario
USS_Prometheus_(AR-3)
Squadron. Sold, August 17, 1865 Ceased to appear in shipping records, 1874 USS Collier 29 December 7, 1864 March 18, 1865 Served with the Mississippi River
List of tinclad warships of the Union Navy
List_of_tinclad_warships_of_the_Union_Navy
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ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Jupiter: USS Jupiter (AC-3) served as a collier from 1913 to 1920 and was converted into the U.S
USS_Jupiter
pages. USS C-1 (SS-9) USS C-2 (SS-13) USS C-3 (SS-14) USS C-4 (SS-15) USS C-5 (SS-16) SSV C-Champion SSV C-Commando USS C. F. Sargent (ID-3027) USS C. P
List of United States Navy ships: C
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USS Lebanon may refer to: USS Lebanon (AG-2), was a collier acquired by the US Navy 6 April 1898 and sold 2 June 1922 USS Lebanon (AK-191), was a cargo
USS_Lebanon
1797 heavy frigate of the U.S. Navy
USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest commissioned
USS_Constitution
Collier of the United States Navy
USS Jason (AC-12/AV-2) was a collier in service with the United States Navy from 1913 to 1932. She was then sold into commercial service and served as
USS_Jason_(AC-12)
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USS Volunteer has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to: USS Volunteer (1863), a steamer in commission from 1864 to
USS_Volunteer
Former Norwegian collier acquired by the US Navy
ship was commissioned as USS Merrimac under the command of Cmdr JW Miller, fitted out at Norfolk Naval Shipyard as a naval collier. She joined the squadron
USS_Merrimac_(1894)
Type of ship-to-ship transfer
unparalleled global logistics network of coaling stations and the world's largest collier fleet. This capability allowed the Navy to project naval power around the
Underway_replenishment
Collier of the United States Navy
The first USS Abarenda (AC-13/AG-14) was a collier in the service of the United States Navy during World War I. She was originally a merchant ship built
USS_Abarenda_(AC-13)
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Spanish–American War under the name Jason and was decommissioned in 1899 USS Jason (AC-12), was a collier commissioned 26 June 1913 and performed cargo and fueling duties
USS_Jason
Census-designated place in Mississippi, United States
fire to several houses. Also in 1864, Confederate soldiers burned the USS Collier near Bolivar Landing, though the ship was not destroyed. In 1874, high
Bolivar,_Mississippi
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American Civil War USS Merrimac (1864), a side-wheel steamer purchased in 1864 that foundered in 1865 USS Merrimac (1894), a collier purchased in April
USS_Merrimack
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Civil War steamer that was purchased in 1864 USS Proteus (AC-9), the lead ship of the Proteus-class colliers USS Proteus (AS-19), a Fulton-class submarine
USS_Proteus
the U.S. Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922. The Langley was a converted Proteus-class collier, originally commissioned as USS Jupiter (AC-3).
List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy
List_of_aircraft_carriers_of_the_United_States_Navy
List of ships with the same or similar names
States Navy have borne the name Abarenda. USS Abarenda (AC-13), was a collier that served during World War I. USS Abarenda (IX-131), was a storage tanker
USS_Abarenda
Collier of the United States Navy
USS Hannibal (AG-1) was launched 9 March 1898 as the 1,785 GRT steamer Joseph Holland of London. The ship was laid down at as North Dock yard hull 143
USS_Hannibal
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USS Vulcan is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy: USS Vulcan (1884), a schooner commissioned on 31 May 1898. USS Vulcan (AC-5), a collier commissioned
USS_Vulcan
Collier of the United States Navy
USS Zafiro was a collier, a bulk cargo ship, that served in the United States Navy from 1898 until 1904. She executed the first known cut of subseacables
USS_Zafiro
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USS Nereus (1863), an American Civil War steamer USS Nereus (AC-10), a Proteus-class collier USS Nereus (AS-17), a Fulton-class submarine tender This article includes
USS_Nereus
US Navy submarine class of World War II
increased their test depth to 400 feet (120 m). A Balao-class submarine, the USS Tang, actually exceeded her depth gauge's maximum reading of 612 ft (187 m)
Balao-class_submarine
Royal Navy officer and politician
of the Blue Richard Howe, Collier captured the American 32-gun frigate USS Hancock on 8 July 1777 after a long chase. Collier followed up on his success
George_Collier
Collier of the United States Navy
USS Nero (AC–17), a steel steam collier, was launched in 1894 as the steamer Whitgift by J.L. Thompson and Sons, Sunderland, England. The vessel was purchased
USS_Nero
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USS Arethusa may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: USS Arethusa (1864), a collier for the Union Navy in the American Civil War.
USS_Arethusa
List of ships with the same or similar names
USS Ulysses may refer to: SS Ulysses (Panama Collier No. 1), a United States Navy-designed collier built under U.S. Navy supervision for the Panama Canal
USS_Ulysses
British naval officer (1772–1824)
Sir George Ralph Collier, 1st Baronet, KCB (bapt. 4 June 1772 – 24 March 1824) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Sir George Collier, 1st Baronet
Sir_George_Collier,_1st_Baronet
Collier of the United States Navy
USS Marcellus was an iron schooner-rigged collier United States Navy Auxiliary ship in service with the United States Navy from 1898 to 1910. She participated
USS_Marcellus
Collier of the United States Navy
USS W. F. Babcock (ID-1239) was a collier that served in the United States Navy from 1917-1919. W. F. Babcock was a wooden-hulled, schooner-rigged barge
USS_W._F._Babcock
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War as a part of the Stone Fleet USS Leonidas (AD-7), a ship in commission from 1898 to 1921 that operated as a collier, survey ship, and destroyer tender
USS_Leonidas
List of ships with the same or similar names
Carolina USS Beaufort (AK-6), a seized German steel-hulled collier named Rudolph Blumberg USS Beaufort (PF-59), laid down on 21 July 1943 USS Beaufort (PCS-1387)
USS_Beaufort
Battleship of the United States Navy
USS Maine was a United States Navy ship that sank in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898, contributing to the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April
USS_Maine_(1890)
Collier of the United States Navy
Caribbean area as a collier. On 31 December 1898, Sterling left Montevideo for San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she took the crippled USS Topeka in tow to Norfolk
USS_Sterling
Class of American aircraft carriers
Navy aircraft carriers. The lead ship, USS Midway, was commissioned in September 1945 and decommissioned in 1992. USS Franklin D. Roosevelt was commissioned
Midway-class_aircraft_carrier
The SS Ulysses (Panama Collier No. 1) was the first of two steel-hulled, twin screw colliers constructed at Sparrows Point, Maryland by the Maryland Steel
SS_Ulysses_(1914)
Cargo ship of the United States Navy
The second USS Volunteer (ID-3242) was a United States Navy collier in commission from 1918 to 1919. SS Volunteer was built for the United States Shipping
USS_Volunteer_(ID-3242)
Collier of the United States Navy
age, condition and relatively large cargo capacity, she was used as a collier, carrying coal where needed. She was not self-propelled, and required to
USS_J._B._Walker
Collier of the United States Navy
USS Brutus, formerly the steamer Peter Jebsen, was a collier in the United States Navy. She was built in 1894 at South Shields-on-Tyne, England, by John
USS_Brutus
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oiler in commission from 1916 to 1922 and from 1942 to 1946 USS Maumee (ID-1339), a collier commissioned in 1918 USNS Maumee (T-AO-149), a U.S. Navy fleet
USS_Maumee
List of ships with the same or similar names
Trojan War. USS Ajax (1869), launched in 1864 as USS Manayunk, renamed Ajax in 1869. Decommissioned 1898. USS Ajax (AG-15), named Scindia, a collier, purchased
USS_Ajax
story does not give a reference of where this story came from. 1918: USS Cyclops, collier, left Barbados on March 4, lost with all 306 crew and passengers
List of Bermuda Triangle incidents
List_of_Bermuda_Triangle_incidents
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USS Chimo (1864). The vessel was later named the Piscataqua (1869). USS Orion (AC-11), a collier commissioned at Norfolk, Virginia, 29 July 1912. USS Orion (AS-18)
USS_Orion
Collier of the United States Navy
USS Orion (AC–11) was a collier of the United States Navy. The ship was laid down by the Maryland Steel Co., Sparrows Point, Maryland, on 6 October 1911
USS_Orion_(AC-11)
US Coast Guard ship
life was with the unexplained sinking in the Bermuda Triangle of the collier USS Cyclops in March 1918 with 236 officers and enlisted. The largest combat
USCGC_Tampa_(1912)
UK naval frigate (1814–1850)
commissioned under her first commander, Captain George Collier, in November 1813, but Collier was moved to command of the Leander a month later, and was
HMS_Newcastle_(1813)
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hollyhock. USS Althea (1862) was a collier that served during the Civil War. USS Althea (1863) was a tugboat that served during the Civil War. USS Althea (SP-218)
USS_Althea
US navy coal-carrying steamship
USS Justin was a steamship acquired by the United States Navy for use as a collier. Her task was to carry coal and to provide it to ships and stations
USS_Justin_(1891)
Collier of the United States Navy
USS Hector (AC-7) was a collier acquired by the United States Navy prior to World War I. She carried coal to those ships still using it as fuel to build
USS_Hector_(AC-7)
Frozen food store ship and dessert factory
to sailors and US Marines. Three in total were produced: USS Hydrogen, USS Calcium, and USS Antimony. The ships, concrete barges acquired from the US
Ice_cream_barge
Royal Navy post ship (1806–1836)
anchored near USS Constellation. She was adjudicated by a prize court and purchased by the navy, who renamed her USS Cyane. Before Collier could pursue
HMS_Cyane_(1806)
Collier of the United States Navy
purchased by the United States Navy on 16 April 1898. She was converted to a collier at the Boston Navy Yard and commissioned there on 2 May 1898. Southery
USS_Southery
Tender of the United States Navy
States naval vessel to bear the name. During her career, she served as a collier, survey ship, and destroyer tender. Originally built as Elizabeth Holland
USS_Leonidas_(AD-7)
1940s class of destroyers of the United States Navy
Ohio USS Caperton (DD-650), aboard USS Kidd (DD-661), in Baton Rouge, Louisiana USS Knapp (DD-653), in Columbia River Maritime Museum, Oregon USS Chauncey (DD-667)
Fletcher-class_destroyer
Frigate of the Royal Navy
approval of these efforts. He captured the USS Rattlesnake on 22 June 1814. Collier sought battle with the USS Constitution, but the American ship escaped
HMS_Leander_(1813)
American science fiction comedy drama television series (2017–2022)
Door Productions and 20th Television, it follows the crew of the starship USS Orville on their episodic adventures, as well as a serialized story which
The_Orville
towed to Norfolk Navy Yard in Norfolk, Virginia, by the tug USS Patuxent and collier USS Lebanon. After a major overhaul, she arrived at Annapolis, Maryland
USS_Reina_Mercedes
Collier of the United States Navy
USS Nanshan (AG-3) was a collier in the service of the United States Navy. Nanshan was launched in 1896 by Grangemouth Dockyard Company, Grangemouth, Scotland
USS_Nanshan
Ship designed for operations near shore
approved, these would have been USS Freedom and USS Fort Worth from the Freedom class, and USS Independence and USS Coronado from the Independence class
Littoral_combat_ship
Cargo ship of the United States Navy
USS Munalbro was a cargo ship that served in the United States Navy from 1918 to 1919. Munalbro was built as a collier by the Newport News Shipbuilding
USS_Munalbro
Proposed class of American super-battleships
The first two ships ordered to the 33-knot improved South Dakota design—USS Iowa and New Jersey—were ordered under the 1939 fiscal year. The passage
Montana-class_battleship
United States naval officer and commodore (1779–1820)
Frigates: USS Guerrier (flagship), USS Macedonian and USS Constellation; sloop of war USS Ontario; brigs USS Epervier, USS Firefly, USS Flambeau and USS Spark;
Stephen_Decatur
2026 armed conflict in West Asia
for joint killing of Khamenei, sources say". Reuters. Khalaji, Mehdi; Collier, Robert (September 2011). "2. Shiite Jurisprudence, Political Expediency
2026_Iran_war
Sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts
that is a fleet of over 500 colliers trading to London alone. Other ports and coastal communities were also served by colliers trading to Britain's coal
Brig
units. USS Lexington on fire during the Battle of the Coral Sea, 1942 Light cruiser USS Birmingham coming alongside burning aircraft carrier USS Princeton
List of United States Navy losses in World War II
List_of_United_States_Navy_losses_in_World_War_II
Collier of the United States Navy
USS Maumee (ID-1339) was a United States Navy collier commissioned in 1918. The ship was built in 1897 by Furness Withy and Company, Ltd. at West Hartlepool
USS_Maumee_(ID-1339)
Plunger-class submarine of the United States
USS Adder/A-2 (SS-3), also known as "Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 3", was one of seven Plunger-class submarines built for the United States Navy (USN) in
USS_Adder
Collier of the United States Navy
USS Vulcan (Collier No. 5/AC-5) was a collier of the United States Navy. The second ship to bear the name, she was laid down on 5 October 1908, at Sparrows
USS_Vulcan_(AC-5)
Ranger-class aircraft carrier
USS Ranger (CV-4) was an interwar United States Navy aircraft carrier, the only ship of its class. A Treaty ship, Ranger was the first U.S. vessel to
USS_Ranger_(CV-4)
Collier of the United States Navy
the American Civil War by the Union Navy. A. J. View was outfitted as a collier, supplying coal to Union ships with steam engines. Her record of activity
USS_A._J._View
WWI US submarine chaser
consisting of 21 submarine chasers and their mother ship, the former collier and survey ship USS Leonidas. Operating from Base 25, a newly constructed U.S. Navy
USS_SC-151
German cargo ship captured by United States
USS Beaufort (AK-6) was a cargo ship acquired by the U.S. Navy for service in World War I. The German steel-hulled collier SS Rudolph Blumberg (ex-SS Rheingraf)
USS_Beaufort_(AK-6)
1777 naval battle
HMS Rainbow (44 guns), under the command of British Admiral George Collier, captured USS Hancock (34 guns), under the command of Captain John Manley. During
Capture_of_USS_Hancock
sail-steam yacht Aloha (1910), later served as USS Aloha William L. Douglas, a six-masted, steel-hull collier Sankaty, a propeller-driven steamer that served
List of ships built at the Fore River Shipyard
List_of_ships_built_at_the_Fore_River_Shipyard
Gunboat of the United States Navy
USS Nightingale was originally the tea clipper and slave ship Nightingale, launched in 1851. USS Saratoga captured her off Africa in 1861; the United States
USS_Nightingale_(1851)
Class of light cruisers of the United States Navy
missile ships, and some of these served into the 1970s. One ship of the class, USS Little Rock (CL-92), remains as a museum ship. A development of the preceding
Cleveland-class_cruiser
1800 naval battle of the Quasi-War
United States. American forces landed about a hundred troops and sailors from USS Sally in Puerto Plata and boarded the French corvette Sandwich anchored there
Battle_of_Puerto_Plata_Harbor
Cargo ship of the United States Navy
USS Lebanon (AG-2) was a 3,285-long-ton (3,338-metric-ton) collier, which the United States Navy acquired in 1898 from the Philadelphia and Reading RR
USS_Lebanon_(AG-2)
U.S. Navy WWII-era heavy cruiser class
planned, but only four were completed. Of the completed ships, one was the USS Albany, which, in 1962, was converted to be the lead ship of the Albany-sub
Oregon_City-class_cruiser
Global conflict (1939-1945)
ISBN 978-0-520-23268-6. Collier, Paul (2003). The Second World War (4): The Mediterranean 1940–1945. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-539-6. Collier, Martin;
World_War_II
in both World Wars. USS Langley (CV-1) was the United States Navy's first aircraft carrier, converted in 1920 from the collier USS Jupiter. She was also
United_States_Navy_ships
Amphibious assault ship of World War II
operations. These were USS LST-16, USS LST-337, USS LST-386, USS LST-525, LST-776, and USS LST-906. Two others (USS LST-393 and USS LST-776) were fitted
Landing_Ship,_Tank
List of ships with the same or similar names
1917 and from 1919 to 1921 which saw service in the United States Navy as USS Albatross in 1898 and from 1917 to 1919. Albatros (1899) – a ketch which
List_of_ships_named_Albatross
American shipyard
for five Nimitz-class carriers (USS Nimitz, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, USS Carl Vinson, USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Abraham Lincoln). As of November
Newport_News_Shipbuilding
1983 United States-led military invasion
operations: USS Kidd, USS Aquila, USS Aubrey Fitch, USS Briscoe, USS Nicholson, USS Portsmouth, USS Recovery, USS Saipan, USS Sampson, USS Samuel Eliot
United States invasion of Grenada
United_States_invasion_of_Grenada
Warship that serves as a seagoing airbase
are: USS Yorktown (CV-10) in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina USS Intrepid (CV-11) in New York City USS Hornet (CV-12) in Alameda, California USS Lexington (CV-16)
Aircraft_carrier
US Navy Eagle-class patrol boat
USS Eagle 56 (PE-56) was a United States Navy World War I–era patrol boat that remained in service through World War II. On 23 April 1945, while towing
USS_Eagle_56
List of ships with the same or similar names
in commission from 1864 to 1877, briefly named USS Neptune during 1869 USS Neptune (AC-8), was a collier that carried the first United States troops to
USS_Neptune
Class of American destroyer escorts
antisubmarine warfare and convoy escort service during World War II. The lead ship, USS Cannon, was commissioned on 26 September 1943 at Wilmington, Delaware. Of
Cannon-class_destroyer_escort
Cargo ship of the United States Navy
Stephen R. Jones (American Collier, 1915) Served as USS Stephen R. Jones (ID # 4526) in 1918-1919. Photo gallery of USS Stephen R. Jones at NavSource
USS_Stephen_R._Jones
Collier of the United States Navy
The second USS Mars (AC-6) was a collier of the United States Navy. The ship was laid down by the Maryland Steel Co., Sparrows Point, Maryland on 5 October
USS_Mars_(AC-6)
USS COLLIER
USS COLLIER
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Worthy of Respect
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Australian, Italian
Intelligent
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Bear
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Egyptian
Smoke.
Female
Egyptian
, Turn of Heaven, Conductor of the Gods.
Male
English
Short form of English Russell, RUSS means "little red one."
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Biblical
An ass.
Male
German
German form of Latin Bartolomaeus, BARTOLOMÄUS means "son of Talmai."
Male
Norse
Old Norse legend name of a dwarf who almost married Thor's daughter Thrud, ALVÃSS means "all wise."
Male
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, a king of Egypt; Khufu.
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Form of Rufus: Red-haired.
Male
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German form of Roman Latin Ursus, URS means "bear."
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Sun Rays
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, a son of Rameses II.
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Voice; Use
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English : variant spelling of Rouse.German : from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with hrÅd ‘renown’.German (of Slavic origin) : from Old Slavic rusu ‘reddish’, ‘blond’, hence a nickname or an ethnic name meaning ‘Russian’.Swiss German : topographic name for someone who lived by a scree, Middle High German ru(o)zze.In some instances the name referred to personal or business connections with Russia, the country of the Reussen, from Middle High German Riusse.
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English : metonymic occupational name for a cooper or else a nickname for a rotund, fat man, from Middle English, Old French busse ‘cask’, ‘barrel’ (of unknown origin). The word was also used in Middle English for a type of ship, and the surname may perhaps have been given to someone who sailed in one. The byname seems to occur already in Domesday Book, where a Siward Buss, and a John and Richard Buss are recorded at Brasted in Kent.German and Swiss German : from a pet form of the personal name Burkhard (see Burkhart).Danish : variant of Buus.
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Abbreviation of Teresa which is a Popular Saint's Name of Uncertain; Harvester; Abbreviation of Teresa
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Sweet
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Hilltop; Variant of Brent
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From the Sandy Stream
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God Like; Goddess Laxmi; Goddess Durga
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Unique
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or Timnath-serah, image of the sun; numbering of the rest
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Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use for a book.
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The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and limited to A for the use of B.
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Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of being used; usefulness; utility.
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A state of confusion or disorder; -- prob. variant of mess, but influenced by muss, a scramble.
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To make use of; to convert to one's service; to avail one's self of; to employ; to put a purpose; as, to use a plow; to use a chair; to use time; to use flour for food; to use water for irrigation.
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A quadruped of the genus Equus (E. asinus), smaller than the horse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. The tame or domestic ass is patient, slow, and sure-footed, and has become the type of obstinacy and stupidity. There are several species of wild asses which are swift-footed.
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One who uses, or sustains the use of, the veto.
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The premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money; interest; usury.
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Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
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The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese; as, the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
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To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or practice; as, he used to ride daily; -- now disused in the present tense, perhaps because of the similarity in sound, between "use to," and "used to."
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A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
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The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as, the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general use.
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To practice customarily; to make a practice of; as, to use diligence in business.