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Britannica 11th

Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition

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Tipstaff

Britannica 11th

TIPSTAFF (Mid. Enp. tipped staf), a staff of office mounted with a tip or cap of metal, or with a crown, carried by a constable or sheriff's officer, the term being hence applied to such an officer. Tipstaffs are attached to the king's bench and chancery divis ...

Vol. 26, pp. 1005-1005 OCR text aligned to scanned pages Relevance 330.0
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Tista

Britannica 11th

TISTA, a river of northern India, which rises on the edge of the Tibetan plateau, and flows through the mountain gorges of Sikkim and Darieeling, till it spills itself over the plain of Eastern Bengal. In the i8th century its course was due south to join the G

Vol. 26, pp. 1016-1016 OCR text aligned to scanned pages Relevance 34.62
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