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canine
Any domestic or wild dog or doglike mammal (e.g., wolf, jackal, fox) in the family Canidae, found throughout the world except in Antarctica and on most ocean islands. Canines tend to be slender and long-legged, with a long muzzle, bushy tail, erect pointed ears, and well-developed canine and cheek teeth. They prey on all types of animals; some also eat carrion and vegetable matter. They probably were the first animals to be domesticated. Though helpful in controlling rodent and rabbit populations, canines have been hunted for their pelts and slaughtered to prevent their reputed (and sometimes real) destruction of livestock and large game.
Mantinea
Ancient Greek city of Arcadia, situated north of modern Trí polis. At the first Battle of Mantinea in 418, Sparta defeated the coalition of Mantinea, Elis, Argos, and Athens. In 362 the Theban army defeated Spartan troops in an encounter nearby. In 207 BC Philopoemen, Greek general of the Achaean League, defeated the Spartans there. In the later Roman empire, Mantinea had dwindled to a mere village, and it finally disappeared under Ottoman rule.
Rankine
Scottish engineer and physicist, one of the founders of thermodynamics. His classic Manual of the Steam Engine and Other Prime Movers (1859) was the first attempt at a systematic treatment of the theory of steam engines. He worked out a thermodynamic cycle of events (the Rankine cycle) that was used as a standard for the performance of steam-power installations in which a condensable vapor provides the working fluid. His also did notable work on earth pressures and the stability of retaining walls.
Taine
French thinker, critic, and historian. Taine came to believe as a youth that knowledge must be based on sense experience, observation, and controlled experiment, a conviction that guided his career. Teaching at the É cole des Beaux-Arts in Paris 1864-83, he earned a reputation as one of the most esteemed exponents of 19th-cent. French positivism with his attempts to apply the scientific method to the study of the humanities. His works include a History of English Literature (1863-64), containing an explanation of his approach to cultural and literary history and his scientific attitude toward criticism; On Intelligence (1871), a study in psychology; and his monumental historical analysis Les origines de la France contemporaine (3 vols., 1876-99).
tannin
Any of a group of pale yellow to light brown amorphous substances widely distributed in plants and used chiefly in tanning leather, dyeing fabric, and making ink. Their solutions are acid and have an astringent taste. They are isolated from oak bark, sumac, myrobalan (an Asian tree), and galls. Tannins give tea astringency, color, and some flavor. Tannins are used industrially to clarify wine and beer, reduce viscosity of oil-well drilling mud, and prevent scale in boiler water; they have also had ...
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