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See also:SOLENT, THE , a strait of the See also:English Channel, between the mainland (the See also:coast of See also:Hampshire, See also:England), and the See also:north-western coast of the Isle of See also:Wight, forming the western entrance to See also:Southampton See also:Water, Spithead being the eastern. Its length, from the eastern See also:shore of Southampton Water to the Needles rocks off the western extremity of Wight, is 15 M. The See also:general breadth is from 21 to 3 m., but between 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 Point on the mainland and See also:Egypt Point on the north coast of Wight it narrows to It m.; and 31 M. north of the Needles there springs from the mainland a See also:great See also:shingle See also:bank, mostly only a few yards in breadth above water, but nearly 2 M. in length.
"The See also:American See also:sole (Achirus fasciatus) is a small See also:flat-See also:fish of inferior quality.
It reduces the breadth of the Solent to a little over i m., and broadens at the end, on which stands See also:Hurst See also:Castle, an important fortification dating from the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VIII. Here See also:Charles I. was imprisoned in 1648. The coast of the mainland is See also:low but picturesque, and is broken by the shallow estuaries of the See also:Beaulieu See also:River and the Lym, with the small See also:port of See also:Lymington upon it. The coast of Wight rises more steeply. On this See also:side the See also:Medina See also:estuary opens northward, and those of the See also:Newtown and the Yar north-westward into the strait. At the mouth of Southampton Water is a projecting See also:bar resembling but smaller than that of Hurst Castle, and like it bearing a Tudor fortress, Calshot Castle. The Solent is frequently the See also:scene of yacht races. The configuration of the coast causes a See also:double See also:tide in the strait.
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