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Tallness See also Giantism. Alice drinking a magic potion, she grows so tall that she fills an entire room. [Br. Lit.: Lewis Carroll Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland] in New York City; one of the tallest buildings in the world. [Architecture: Misc.] statue of Apollo; wonder of ancient world. [Gk. Hist.: Osborne, 256] built in 1889 in Paris. [Architecture: NCE, 843] shoe with insole designed to increase wearer’s height. [Am. Pop. Culture: Misc.] New York’s famous skyscraper. [Architecture: NCE, 865] tallest of animals. [Zoology: NCE, 1088] giant trees (sequoias) of Pacific Coast. [Botany: NCE, 2477] in Chicago; one of America’s tallest buildings. [Architecture: Misc.] in New York City; erected by Frank Woolworth in 1913; tallest building until Empire State Building (1930-1931). [Architecture: NCE, 3004] New York’s giant twin edifices. [Architecture: Payton, 742] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The taller the ship, the further she can be seen; and her white tallness breathed upon by the wind first proclaims her size. By the engine stood a dark motionless being, a sooty and grimy embodiment of tallness, in a sort of trance, with a heap of coals by his side: it was the engineman. At first glance I saw that she was a high-class vessel, a harmonious creature in the lines of her fine body, in the proportioned tallness of her spars. |
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