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Tripoli - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Tripoli : (noun)
1: a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered
form it is used in polishing [syn: rottenstone]
2: the capital and chief port and largest city of Libya; in
northwestern Libya on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by
the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC [syn: Tripoli, Tarabulus
Al-Gharb, capital of Libya]
3: a port city and commerical center in northwestern Lebanon on
the Mediterranean Sea [syn: Tripoli, Tarabulus Ash-Sham,
Trablous]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Rotten \Rot"ten\, a. [Icel. rotinn; akin to Sw. rutten, Dan.
radden. See Rot.]
Having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rotten
meat. Hence:
(a) Offensive to the smell; fetid; disgusting.
You common cry of curs! whose breath I hate As reek
of the rotten fens. --Shak.
(b) Not firm or trusty; unsound; defective; treacherous;
unsafe; as, a rotten plank, bone, stone. ``The deepness
of the rotten way.'' --Knolles.
Rotten borough. See under Borough.
Rotten stone (Min.), a soft stone, called also Tripoli
(from the country from which it was formerly brought),
used in all sorts of finer grinding and polishing in the
arts, and for cleaning metallic substances. The name is
also given to other friable siliceous stones applied to
like uses.
Syn: Putrefied; decayed; carious; defective; unsound;
corrupt; deceitful; treacherous. -- Rot"ten*ly, adv.
-- Rot"ten*ness, n.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Tripoli : \Trip"o*li\, n. (Min.)
An earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used in
polishing stones and metals. It consists almost wholly of the
siliceous shells of diatoms.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Tripoli, IA (city, FIPS 78915)
Location: 42.80976 N, 92.25758 W
Population (1990): 1188 (546 housing units)
Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 50676
Tripoli, WI
Zip code(s): 54564
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Tripoli |
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ricardotripoli: Estive com o Embaixador da Dinamarca no Brasil ontem. Confira em: http://www.Tripoli.com.br/content.aspx?idContent=1752 |
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Beirutspring: @mich1mich actually, it's very easy for @sdarine to get it in Tripoli. There's a GNC at the entrance of City Complex .. |
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Beirutspring: @sdarine @mich1mich u must have seen GNC b4, it's an international franchise for health products with about 6 shops in leb (1 in Tripoli) |
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