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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An ancient region of northeast Africa identified in the Bible as the land of the descendants of Cush. It is often identified with Ethiopia.
- An ancient kingdom of Nubia in northern Sudan. It flourished from the 11th century BC to the 4th century AD, when its capital fell to the Ethiopians.
- In the Bible, the oldest son of Ham.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In North Carolina, the crumbs and scrapings of cracker-or meal-barrels, fried with grease.
- noun The commercial name in India for sorghum.
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- proper noun biblical the
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Benjamite mentioned only in the title ofPsalm 7 - proper noun an
Iron Age kingdom on the middleNile , in what is now northernSudan
Etymologies
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i wish they would plug him in on the weak or strong side LB instead of middle. everybody knows "cap" don't get hurt! we could use him while cush is out. if he keeps lighting it up I wouldn't mind seeing him as a starter while Cush is out. from what i'm hearing, cards won the game, but lost fitz. he may be seriously hurt.
Battle Red Blog 2010
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However, according to Taita's later account history had cheated Pharaoh Mamose of this part of his treasure, and all these heavy and unwieldy items of stone had been abandoned and left behind in the Valley of the Kings when the Egyptians fled south along the Nile to the land they called Cush, to escape the Hyksos invasion that overwhelmed their homeland.
The Seventh Scroll Smith, Wilbur 1995
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More often, however, the name Cush was given to a part of the territory just mentioned, called by the Greeks the Kingdom of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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The names of the eldest were called Cush and Ham, two goodly youths, his first-born sons.
Codex Junius 11 Unknown
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 Frankly, if I hadn't been immersing myself in all things Grendel recently, I would have forgotten that Liz Sparks, Locutious "Cush"ÂBradley, and Benito Emanuel Tomas "Toro" D'Oro had already appeared in other Hunter Rose stories.
What I bought – 19 March 2008 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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First, two names found in the drafts for this story suggest an earlier date: we find "Cush, " which Howard later spelled
The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003
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First, two names found in the drafts for this story suggest an earlier date: we find "Cush, " which Howard later spelled
The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003
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Lieutenant "Cush" Jones determined to run the gauntlet for escape, and as he darted away the point of his scabbard struck a stone, and throwing it inverted above his head, lost out his handsome sword.
The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson Edward A. Moore
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This is in the land of Cush which is called Al-Habash on the western confines [180].
The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela Benjamin of Tudela
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The scriptural "Cush," however, lies south of Egypt and is Ethiopia.
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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