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ELABUGA , a See also:town of See also:Russia, in the See also:government of See also:Vyatka, on the See also:Kama See also:river, 201 M. by steamboat down the See also:Volga from Kazan and then up the Kama. It has See also:flour-See also:mills, and carries on a brisk See also:trade in exporting See also:corn. Pop. (1897) 9776.
The famous Ananiynskiy Mogilnik (See also:burial-See also:place) is on the right See also:bank of the Kama, 3 M. above the town. It was discovered in 1858, was excavated by Alabin, Lerch and Nevostruyev, and has since supplied extremely valuable collections belonging to the See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
Stone, See also:Bronze and See also:Iron Ages. It consisted of a See also:mound, about 500 it. in circumference, adorned with decorated stones (which have disappeared), and contained an inner See also:wall, 65 ft. in circumference, made of uncemented stone flags. Nearly fifty skeletons were discovered, mostly lying upon charred logs, surrounded with cinerary urns filled with partially burned bones. A See also:great variety of bronze decorations and glazed See also:clay pearls were strewn See also:round the skeletons. The knives, daggers and arrowpoints are of See also:slate, bronze and iron, the last two being very rough imitations of stone implements. One of the flags See also:bore the See also:image of a See also:man, without moustaches or See also:- BEARD (A.S. beard, O. H. and Mod. Ger. Bart, Dan. beard, Icel. bar, rim, edge, beak of a ship, &c., O. Slay. barda, Russ. barodd. Cf. Welsh barf, Lat.. barba, though, according to the New English Dictionary, the connexion is for phonetic reasons doubtful)
- BEARD, WILLIAM HOLBROOK (1825-1900)
beard, dressed in a See also:costume and See also:helmet recalling those of the Circassians.
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