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See also:SHADDOCK (Citrus decumana) , a See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
tree allied to the See also:orange and the See also:lemon, presumably native to the See also:Malay and Polynesian islands, but generally cultivated throughout the tropics. The leaves are like those of the orange, but downy on the under See also:surface, as are also the See also:young shoots. The See also:flowers are large and See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white, and are succeeded by very large globose fruits like oranges, but paler in See also:colour, and with a more pungent flavour. The name Shaddock is asserted to be that of a See also:captain who introduced the tree to the See also:West Indies. The See also:fruit is also known under the name of See also:grape-fruit, pommeloes, and "forbidden fruit." Varieties occur with yellow and reddish pulp; and there are also See also:pear-shaped varieties.
,SHADOOF (Arab. shack-if), an apparatus for See also:drawing See also:water, used in the See also:East generally, and particularly on the See also:Nile for the purpose of See also:irrigation. It consists of an upright See also:frame on which is suspended a See also:long See also:pole at a distance of about one-fifth of its length from one end; to the other end is attached a bucket or skin bag, while at the See also:short end a See also:weight is suspended serving as the counterpoise of a See also:lever. The See also:vessel containing the water is then swung See also:round and emptied into the runnel, which conveys the water in the direction required.
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