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die
Tool or device for imparting a desired shape, form, or finish to a material. Examples include a perforated block through which metal or plastic is drawn or extruded, the hardened steel forms for producing the patterns on coins and medals by pressure, and the hollow molds into which metal or plastic is forced. Modern tools and dies can be traced to the work of Honoré Blanc at the Saint-É tienne armory in France beginning in 1780. Blanc's techniques were adopted and enlarged in the U.S. by E. Whitney and others, who used templates (tool-guiding patterns) and fixtures--the antecedents of today's tools and dies--to mass-produce firearms for the U.S. Army (see armory practice). Today the demand for dies used in metal forming, die casting, and plastic molding is filled by tool- and die-making shops.
endive
Edible annual leafy plant (Cichorium endivia) of the composite family. It is variously believed to have originated in Egypt and Indonesia, and has been cultivated in Europe since the 16th cent. Its many varieties form two groups, the curly-leaved, or narrow-leaved, endive (crispa), and the Batavian, or broad-leaved, endive (latifolia). The former is used mostly for salads, the latter for cooking.
Erie
City (pop., 1996 est.: 105,000), NW Pennsylvania. Named for the Erie Indians, it was the site of a French fort (1753) on Lake Erie. The site was acquired by the U.S. in 1795, when the town was laid out. Nearby naval shipyards built most of the fleet that defeated the British at the Battle of Lake Erie (1813) in the War of 1812. Economic development began with the opening (1844) of the Erie and Pittsburgh Canal and with railway construction in the 1850s. Pennsylvania's only port on the St. Lawrence Seaway, it is a shipping point for many products, incl. lumber, coal, and petroleum. While early industries were largely agricultural, manufactures, incl. electrical equipment and construction machinery, are now well diversified.
Exeter
City (pop., 1991: 101,000), seat of Devon, England. Located on the River Exe about 10 mi (16 km) above the English Channel, it commands an important river crossing. An early British tribe, the Dumnonii, made Exeter their center; when it was taken by the Romans, they named it Isca Dumnoniorum. The main town in SW England during the Middle Ages, it was subjected to a number of sieges. Alfred the Great twice held it against the Danes (877 and c.894); they finally took the city in 1003 but lost it in 1068 to William the Conqueror. Exeter's Norman cathedral, consecrated in 1133, houses the Exeter Book, the largest collection extant of Old English poetry. The city has light manufacturing and is a service center for an extensive region.
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