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Britannica 11th

Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition

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Ensilage

Britannica 11th

ENSILAGE, the process of preserving green food for cattle in an undried condition in a silo (from Gr. cupos, Lat. sirus, a pit for holding grain), i.e. a pit, an erection above ground, or stack, from which air has been as far as possible excluded. The fodder w ...

Vol. 9, pp. 653-654 OCR text aligned to scanned pages Relevance 330.0
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Enfilade

Britannica 11th

ENFILADE (a French word, from enfiler, to thread, and so to pass through from end to end), a military term used to express the direction of fire along an enemy's line, or parapet. This species of fire is most demoralizing and destructive, since, from its direc

Vol. 9, pp. 403-403 OCR text aligned to scanned pages Relevance 33.75
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