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end 1. Sport either of the two defended areas of a playing field, rink, etc. 2. Bowls Curling a section of play from one side of the rink to the other 3. American football a player at the extremity of the playing line; wing end [end] (geology) End Armageddon battleground of good and evil before Judgment Day. [N.T.: Revelation 16:16]
end of game in chess: folk-etymology of Shah-mat, ‘the Shah is dead.’ [Br. Folklore: Espy, 217] indicates defeat or victory by arranging its wings. [Norse Legend: Volsung Saga] final trial of all mankind. [N.T.: Revelation] Passover dinner the night before Christ died. [N.T.: Matthew 26:26–29; Mark 14:22–25; Luke 22:14–20] 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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You are the best actress we've got, and there'll be an end of everything if you quit the boards," said Jo. Then the person at the other end of the wire must have plunged into something very interesting and absorbing, for Tom did not again interrupt by interjected remarks. In the end he wrote a book which he called "The Book of the Grotesque. |
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