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Toronto Township may refer to: Toronto Township, Ontario, now part of Mississauga Toronto Township, Woodson County, Kansas This disambiguation page lists
Toronto_Township
Former municipality in Ontario, Canada
Toronto Township is a former municipality now mostly part of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, with its northern extremity now a part of Brampton. It was directly
Toronto_Township,_Ontario
City in Ontario, Canada
became known as Toronto Township. Part of northeast Mississauga, including the Airport lands and Malton were a part of Toronto Gore Township. After the land
Mississauga
Evolution of the current city of Toronto, Ontario
federation of Metropolitan Toronto and its constituent municipalities, and created the current "megacity" of Toronto. 1791: The townships of Etobicoke, York and
Amalgamation_of_Toronto
District of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
boundaries ot the new township were the Humber River, Lake Ontario, Etobicoke Creek, Toronto Township (today's City of Mississauga), Toronto Gore (that part
Etobicoke
District of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1861, the township had the second-largest Black population in the Toronto area, after St. John's Ward, most of whom lived in York Township West (located
York,_Ontario
Historic county in Canada
York Township was merged into Metropolitan Toronto in 1954, becoming the Borough of York. It was severed from York Country in the process. The township of
York_County,_Ontario
American executioner (1911–1950)
bulb while standing in a pool of water. He was buried in Toronto Township Cemetery, Toronto, Kansas. List of executioners Zeller Jr., Tom (January 17
John_C._Woods
Neighbourhood in Peel, Ontario, Canada also known as Mini India
was for 648,000 acres. Toronto Township received 34,556 acres, increasing its total acreage to 64,125. The Toronto Township expansion included Malton
Malton,_Mississauga
Topics referred to by the same term
municipalities Toronto Islands, a chain of small islands in Lake Ontario that is part of the city of Toronto Toronto Township, Ontario, a former township in the
Toronto_(disambiguation)
Municipal ward in Mississauga, Ontario
Avenue. Toronto Pearson International Airport is located within the ward. The Ward was created in 1951 when the council of Toronto Township adopted a
Ward_5_(Mississauga)
Toronto Gore (also the Gore of Toronto) is a former incorporated and now geographic township in Ontario, Canada. It is today split between Mississauga
Toronto_Gore
Canadian politician (1915–1972)
Centre, is named in his honour. "Mary Fix, Robert Speck in Toronto Township Reeve Contest". Toronto Star. December 11, 1959. p. 10. Retrieved June 9, 2024
Robert_Speck_(politician)
Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario an administrative area located west of Toronto. Region of Peel [@regionofpeel] (2018-12-06). "Nando Iannicca is the new
Wardens and chairs of Peel Region
Wardens_and_chairs_of_Peel_Region
Neighbourhood in Mississauga, Ontario
Georgian manor on Main Street (now 929 Old Derry Road) in northern Toronto Township in 1870 as he was sent there to manage Silverthorne Grist Mill acquired
Meadowvale Village, Mississauga
Meadowvale_Village,_Mississauga
Police force in Ontario, Canada
Brampton, located immediately west and northwest of Toronto, and provide law enforcement services at Toronto Pearson International Airport (located in Mississauga)
Peel_Regional_Police
Former city in Ontario, Canada
former township and city and is now one of the six administrative districts of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the northern area of Toronto, centred
North_York
Former County in Ontario, Canada
Kingdom, the county was organized in 1851. Settlers, however, were in Toronto Township as early as 1807. The Credit River was reserved for the Mississaugas;
Peel_County,_Ontario
Neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
municipality in the south-west of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the south-western corner of the former Township (and later, City) of Etobicoke
Long_Branch,_Toronto
Neighbourhood in Peel, Ontario, Canada
the eponymous Cooksville Creek. Cooksville was originally located in Toronto Township, and was an important stagecoach stop along the Dundas highway,[citation
Cooksville,_Mississauga
Canadian politician
politics. In 1844, he became a member of the township council and was reeve in 1851. He died in Toronto Township in 1860. His grandson, Alfred Burke Thompson
William Thompson (Upper Canada)
William_Thompson_(Upper_Canada)
Suburban district in Peel, Ontario, Canada
Ontario, Canada, just west of Toronto. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Meadowvale Village in Toronto Township was established nearby and named
Meadowvale,_Mississauga
Canadian rower (born 1964)
November 14, 1964) is a Canadian champion rower. Laumann was born in Toronto Township, Ontario, now Mississauga. Starting in 1976, Laumann won a number of
Silken_Laumann
Private golf club in Mississauga, Ontario
name of the club, "The Toronto Golf Club", was restored. The following year, it was decided to acquire a new site in Toronto Township, now Mississauga. The
Toronto_Golf_Club
Former high school in Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Centennial Secondary School, and the J. A. Turner Secondary School in Toronto Township. The Brampton High School structure was used in 1967 as one of Sheridan
Brampton_High_School
City in Woodson County, Kansas, United States
Woods, the hangman at the Nuremberg Trials, is buried in the Toronto Township Cemetery. "Toronto, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States
Toronto,_Kansas
into the existing townships of Etobicoke, Scarborough, North York, East York, York, (henceforth boroughs) or the old City of Toronto, effective January
List of reeves and mayors of the former municipalities in Toronto
List_of_reeves_and_mayors_of_the_former_municipalities_in_Toronto
Government building in Ontario, Canada
later housed Cooksville Public School from 1919 to 1921. In 1953 Township of Toronto Municipal Building at 100 Dundas Street West (Coronation Square Building)
Mississauga_Civic_Centre
Canadian politician (1837–1888)
Canada from 1878 to 1882 as a Conservative member. He was born in Toronto Township, Upper Canada, the son of William Elliott and Frances Hamilton, Irish
William_Elliott_(Peel_MP)
District of Toronto, Canada
cultural community. Incorporated in 1850 as a township, the district became part of Metropolitan Toronto in 1953 and was reconstituted as a borough in
Scarborough,_Ontario
Williams. The Malton Association joined the Toronto Township Hockey League in 1949. The Toronto Township Hockey League became the Mississauga Hockey League
Malton Minor Hockey Association
Malton_Minor_Hockey_Association
Canadian businessman and politician
Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1873 to 1892. He was born in Toronto Township (now part of Mississauga) in Upper Canada in 1829. He started work
Kenneth_Chisholm
then-independent towns of Port Credit and Streetsville) was known as Toronto Township, and led by a reeve. In 1974, the City of Mississauga was formed when
Mayor_of_Mississauga
Neighbourhood in Peel, Ontario, Canada
was Frank Dowling. In 1968, the Town of Mississauga was created from Toronto Township absorbing the police village of Malton. Although Streetsville and Port
Streetsville,_Mississauga
Canadian politician
County's first representative in the Ontario Legislature. A native of Toronto Township, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Coyne, he received his education in
John_Coyne_(politician)
Canadian politician
Murray was elected Ward 3 councillor in Toronto Township in 1957. He became deputy reeve of Toronto Township from 1959 to 1968, and Reeve of the Town
Chic_Murray_(politician)
District of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Township, Ontario. Following the incorporation of the Township of North York in 1922, York Township was divided by Toronto, Leaside and North Toronto
East_York
Canadian prelate
Rowe was born in Meadowvale, Toronto Township, Ontario. He attended local schools and went to Trinity College, Toronto. There he earned his bachelor's
Peter_Trimble_Rowe
Neighbourhood in Peel, Ontario, Canada
originally in Trafalgar Township within Halton County, with the hamlet itself being located on the boundary of Toronto Township (which became the Town
Lisgar,_Mississauga
communities with Mississauga in 1974. MFES was mainly made up of the Toronto Township Volunteer Fire Department, itself created from volunteer units in the
Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services
Mississauga_Fire_and_Emergency_Services
former township and city of Etobicoke is on the west side of the Humber River. Several of its neighbourhoods, such as Long Branch, New Toronto, and Mimico
List of neighbourhoods in Toronto
List_of_neighbourhoods_in_Toronto
out in the early 19th Century, when much of the city was known as Toronto Township. East-west roads were historically called concessions, while north–south
List_of_roads_in_Mississauga
Canadian former ballet dancer
discipline. The family moved from Ancaster to Erindale Woodlands, Toronto Township when Kain was in grade 6 (age 11, 1962) so she could begin training
Karen_Kain
Road in Ontario, Canada
of Collingwood, and the southern part of the Toronto-Sydenham Road, which ran between Toronto Township and Sydenham (present and former Highway 10 between
Hurontario_Street
Airport in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
site selected was at Elmbank, northwest of Toronto near the town of Malton in what was then Toronto Township (which would later become Mississauga to avoid
Toronto Pearson International Airport
Toronto_Pearson_International_Airport
City of Oshawa City of Pickering Town of Richmond Hill Township of Scugog City of Toronto Township of Uxbridge City of Vaughan Town of Whitby Municipality
Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance
Greater_Toronto_Marketing_Alliance
Canadian civic leader (1906–2001)
1850–1954. Municipal Corporation of the Township of York & Board of Education of the Township of York, 1954. The Toronto Star Archives. For full coverage, search
Florence_Gell
Township in Ontario, Canada
King (2021 population 27,333) is a township in York Region north of Toronto, within the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada. The rolling hills of the
King,_Ontario
Historic highway in Ontario
Way. It borrowed the name of Middle Road from a concession road in Toronto Township between 1st Concession South and 2nd Concession South during the early
The_Middle_Road
Canadian entrepreneur
was born in Toronto Township, Canada West, the son of Andrew Albert Gage and Mary Jane Grafton. He was educated in Brampton and at the Toronto Normal School
William_James_Gage
Dissolved region in Ontario, Canada
made up of the old city of Toronto and numerous townships, towns and villages that surrounded Toronto, which were starting to urbanize rapidly after World
Metropolitan_Toronto
Canadian politician (1843-1913)
His career consisted of being a farmer and thoroughbred dealer in Toronto Township. He was president of the Dominion Live Stock Association in 1887 and
Joseph_Featherston
Campus and division of the University of Toronto in Mississauga, Canada
Greater Toronto region. In 1963, the university purchased a 150-acre area of a village called Springfield-on-the-Credit in the rural Township of Toronto (which
University of Toronto Mississauga
University_of_Toronto_Mississauga
Vehicle-ramming attack in Ontario, Canada
along Yonge Street through the North York City Centre business district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The driver, 25-year-old Alek Minassian, targeted pedestrians
2018_Toronto_van_attack
Totem sculpture by Simon Charlie
nudity over multiple decades of display in Chinguacousy Township, and later Brampton, both near Toronto in Ontario, Canada. Charlie, also known as Hwunumetse'
Kwakiutl_(statue)
Local services board in Ontario, Canada
administers services in the geographic townships of Blair, East Mills and Wilson and parts of the geographic townships of Hardy, McConkey and Pringle, including
Loring, Port Loring and District
Loring,_Port_Loring_and_District
City centre in Ontario, Canada
primarily suburban municipality created from the predominantly-rural Toronto Township, which was restructured into the Town of Mississauga in 1968. The present
Mississauga_City_Centre
American soldier and showman (1846–1917)
born on September 5, 1811, in Toronto Township, Upper Canada, now part of Mississauga, Ontario, directly west of Toronto. Mary Ann Bonsell Laycock, Bill's
Buffalo_Bill
Type of road in pre-Confederation Canada
triangles and other irregular shapes. Some townships had more than one survey. Holland, Nelson and Toronto Township (today Mississauga) are examples. In a
Concession_road
Road in Ontario, Canada
verification] in the historic Nelson, Trafalgar, and Toronto townships; and the First Concession in Etobicoke Township.[failed verification] The sections in the
Lakeshore_Road
out in the early 19th Century, in what was then Chinguacousy and Toronto Gore Townships. In Chinguacousy, east–west roads were historically called either
List_of_roads_in_Brampton
parked tractor trailers. A relatively strong tornado tore a path across Toronto Township (the precursor municipality to Mississauga) on June 24, 1923, cutting
Geography_of_Mississauga
City in Ontario, Canada
Graves Simcoe (in office 1791–1796), named the township of Markham, north of the town of York (now Toronto), after his friend William Markham, then Archbishop
Markham,_Ontario
Place in Ontario, Canada
(1766–1831), who built a gristmill on the Credit River in what was then Toronto Township, York County (Peel County was created from York County in 1851). This
Churchville,_Brampton
Canadian politician
holding two successive positions between 1951 and 1956. Born in 1897 in Toronto Township, Ontario to Joseph P. Thomas and Maggie Stewart, Thomas and his mother
Fletcher_Stewart_Thomas
Metropolitan area in Southern Ontario, Canada
city of Toronto and to its immediate townships and villages, which became Metropolitan Toronto in 1954 and became the current city of Toronto in 1998
Greater_Toronto_Area
Lacrosse league in Canada
Oshawa Green Gaels Mimico Mountaineers 4-0 1967 Oshawa Green Gaels Toronto Township PCO's 4-1 1968 Oshawa Green Gaels Mississauga PCO's 4-1 1969 Oshawa
Ontario Junior Lacrosse League
Ontario_Junior_Lacrosse_League
Neighbourhood in Peel, Ontario, Canada
was Warren Clarkson. Lorne Park is located in what was originally Toronto Township, which comprised a number of hamlets and incorporated towns and villages
Lorne_Park
Neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
from Toronto who had visited Rochester, New York. New Toronto was originally a part of the Township of Etobicoke. It was an independent municipality from
New_Toronto
Street in Toronto and York Region in Ontario, Canada
Vaughan Townships was connected in the early 1960s. A portion of Keele was once part of an interurban and later a streetcar line. The Toronto Suburban
Keele_Street
Township in Ontario, Canada
Adjala–Tosorontio is a township in south-central Ontario, Canada, in the County of Simcoe. A predominantly rural area, Adjala–Tosorontio contains numerous
Adjala-Tosorontio
Railway station in Ontario, Canada
owned and maintained by the Township of Uxbridge and has been designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act. The Toronto and Nipissing Railway originally
Uxbridge_station_(Ontario)
Place in Ontario, Canada
Albion Township is a former incorporated municipality now part of the town of Caledon, in Peel County (now Region) in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario
Albion_Township,_Ontario
Neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
village named Willowdale within the Township of North York. For neighbourhood planning purposes, the City of Toronto, which North York was amalgamated into
Lansing,_Toronto
The U.S. state of Kansas is divided into 1,404 townships in 105 counties. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also References
List_of_townships_in_Kansas
Church in Toronto, Ontario
Our Lady of Sorrows is a Roman Catholic church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is located in the neighbourhood of The Kingsway in the former city of Etobicoke
Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church (The Kingsway, Toronto)
Our_Lady_of_Sorrows_Roman_Catholic_Church_(The_Kingsway,_Toronto)
Township in Ontario, Canada
village. The village and surrounding township prospered as a result of quicker access to larger marketplaces, such as Toronto farther to the east, and new immigrants
Lucan_Biddulph
Road in Ontario, Canada
was a common township boundary across the width of the-then York County between the more urban townships surrounding the old City of Toronto and the more
Steeles_Avenue
Coal-fired power station in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
electricity. On the north shore of Lake Ontario, in what was then Toronto Township, 52 hectares of land were earmarked for a new thermal-electric plant
Lakeview_Generating_Station
Town in Ontario, Canada
northwest of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Erin is bordered by the Town of Caledon, Ontario to the east, the Town of Halton Hills to the south, the Township of Guelph/Eramosa
Erin,_Ontario
of people from Mississauga, Ontario. The list includes people from Toronto Township, the Village and Town of Port Credit, and the Village and Town of Streetsville
List of people from Mississauga
List_of_people_from_Mississauga
Wetland conservation area along Lake Ontario, Canada
collected to buy a portion of the estate. In 1965, the committee asked the Toronto Township council to purchase a portion of the estate as well so that the entire
Rattray Marsh Conservation Area
Rattray_Marsh_Conservation_Area
Local government of the City of Toronto
The municipal government of Toronto is administered by Toronto City Council and includes the City of Toronto, the primary corporation which implements
Municipal government of Toronto
Municipal_government_of_Toronto
Neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lawrence Avenue. While currently part of Toronto, the original area of the community was within Pickering Township. By 1865 the community had a post office
Port_Union,_Toronto
Lake in Central Ontario, Canada
(120 mi) north of Toronto. The south end of the lake is in the Township of Muskoka Lakes, and the north end is in Seguin Township. The lake is surrounded
Lake_Rosseau
Dissolved city in Ontario, Canada
suburban towns and townships of southern York County were joined in a federation known as the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto (Metro). Later, the
Old_Toronto
in Pickering Township. In 1925, Melville, Whitby, Ashburn, and Oshawa were added to the Toronto Presbytery. On January 1, 1949, Toronto Presbytery was
List of Presbyterian churches in Toronto
List_of_Presbyterian_churches_in_Toronto
List of municipalities in the Canadian province
of Ontario's municipalities, excluding the City of Toronto, which is subject to the City of Toronto Act, 2006. The Municipal Act, 2001 provides lower and
List of municipalities in Ontario
List_of_municipalities_in_Ontario
Turning loops of the Toronto streetcar system serve as termini and turnback points for streetcar routes in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The single-ended
Toronto streetcar system loops
Toronto_streetcar_system_loops
Neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alderwood is a neighbourhood in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is in the western section of Toronto, within the district of Etobicoke. It is bounded
Alderwood,_Toronto
Ghost town in Indiana, United States
Toronto is an extinct town in Helt Township, Vermillion County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The site is on Indiana State Road 71 near the Illinois and
Toronto,_Indiana
Lacrosse league in Canada
Spartans (Integrated into the St. Catharines Athletics organization in 2021) Toronto Beaches (Folded after 1983 season) Windsor Warlocks (Folded after 1985
Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League
Ontario_Junior_B_Lacrosse_League
Neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Willowdale is a neighbourhood in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located in the district and former township of North York. It developed from three postal
Willowdale,_Toronto
Clemens, Michigan from Adell Broadcasting Corp. for $75 million. Clinton Township-based Adell, which signed on WADL in May 1989, will retain ownership of
2023_in_American_television
Unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada
community in the township of King, Ontario, located 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Toronto. It is the largest community in King township, with 2,730 dwellings
King_City,_Ontario
Canadian politician
to the Kennedy settlers in Scarborough Township, for whom (namely James Kennedy) Kennedy Road in eastern Toronto and York Region is named. His nephew Douglas
Thomas_Laird_Kennedy
Geographic township in Ontario, Canada
Lount is a geographic township in the Unorganized Centre Part of Parry Sound District in Central Ontario, Canada. The communities of Bummer's Roost, Rye
Lount_Township,_Ontario
Topics referred to by the same term
Massachusetts Ward Township, Randolph County, Indiana Ward Township, Todd County, Minnesota Ward Township, Hocking County, Ohio Ward Township, Pennsylvania
Ward
This is a list of townships in the Canadian province of Ontario. Townships are listed by census division. Historical/Geographic Townships Abbott Aberdeen
List_of_townships_in_Ontario
are 138 municipal police forces in Canada, with varying size from the Toronto Police Service with 5,500 officers to Luseland, Saskatchewan's police service
List of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in Canada
List_of_law_enforcement_officers_killed_in_the_line_of_duty_in_Canada
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Boy/Male
Bengali, Indian
Wave
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Indulgence; Devotion
Surname or Lastname
English (Sussex)
English (Sussex) : topographic name for one who lived in a township or village, Middle English toun, + -er, a characteristic topographic ending of Sussex surnames.English (Sussex) : occupational name for a toll taker or tax collector, from tolnere, an agent derivative of Middle English toll ‘tax’, ‘payment’. Compare Toller.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Ralph.A Francis Rawle from the parish of St. Juliot in Cornwall, England, was recorded as living in Plymouth, MA, in 1660. Devout Quakers seeking to escape persecution, the family emigrated to PA in 1686, bringing with them a deed from William Penn for a tract of 2,500 acres of land, which was subsequently located in Plymouth township, Philadelphia (now Montgomery) Co. His son, who had six sons himself, was a political economist and one of the first people to write on the subject and its local applications in America.
Girl/Female
Latin
Mother of Torone.
Surname or Lastname
English (Merseyside and Cheshire)
English (Merseyside and Cheshire) : probably a habitational name from a place in Cheshire named Big Low in the township of Rainbow. This place name is not on early record; it means ‘big mound’, from early Modern English big + low ‘mound’, ‘hill’ (Old English hlÄw).
Boy/Male
British, English
Town Among the Thorns
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Fry.North German : variant of Frey.Joseph Frye (1711/12–94) was a military officer from Andover, MA, where the family had long been of local prominence. In 1762, he was granted a township in ME, later named Fryeburg after him, and moved his family there. His great-great-grandson William Pierce Frye was born in Lewiston, ME, and served in Congress, first as a member of the House of Representatives and then the Senate from 1871 until his death in 1911.
Boy/Male
Bengali, Indian
Victorious; Lord Vishnu
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places, in Bedfordshire, Merseyside, and Nottinghamshire, so named from Old English eofor ‘wild boar’ + tūn ‘settlement’.Described as being from Kent, England, Walter Everendon (d. 1725) was a colonial gunpowder manufacturer who ran a mill in Neponset in the township of Milton, across the river from Dorchester, MA. The first person to make gunpowder in America, Everendon eventually took majority interest in the mill and sold out to his son. The family, which also spelled their name Everden and Everton, continued to manufacture powder until after the Revolution.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Mann 1 and 2.Irish : adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó MainnÃn ‘descendant of MainnÃn’, probably an assimilated form of MainchÃn, a diminutive of manach ‘monk’. This is the name of a chieftain family in Connacht. It is sometimes pronounced Ó MaingÃn and Anglicized as Mangan.Anstice Manning, widow of Richard Manning of Dartmouth, England, came to MA with her children in 1679. Her great-great-grandson Robert, born at Salem, MA, in 1784, was the uncle and protector of author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Another early bearer of the relatively common British name was Jeffrey Manning, one of the earliest settlers in Piscataway township, Middlesex Co., NJ. His great-grandson James Manning (1738–91) was a founder and the first president of Rhode Island College (Brown University).
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n.
A species of Turnix (Turnix sylvatica) native of Spain and Northen Africa.
p. pr.
A piece of music in triple time; also, a lively dance; a coranto.
n.
In surveys of the public land of the United States, a division of territory six miles square, containing 36 sections.
n.
A division of a State, embracing several contiguous townships; a county.
n. collect. & pl.
In Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group of townships or villages; a community; a tribe.
adv. & prep.
A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country.
n.
The district or territory of a town.
n.
An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township which the mill stands.
n.
A sprightly but somewhat stately dance, now out of fashion.
n.
In Canada, one of the subdivisions of a county.
n.
Alt. of Coranto
n.
A sprightly dance; a coranto; a courant.
n.
A rapid and delirious sort of Neapolitan dance in 6-8 time, which moves in whirling triplets; -- so called from a popular notion of its being a remedy against the poisonous bite of the tarantula. Some derive its name from Taranto in Apulia.
v.
In the public land system of the United States, a row or line of townships lying between two successive meridian lines six miles apart.
v. t.
To graze cattle promiscuously in the commons of each other, as the inhabitants of adjoining townships, manors, etc.
n.
One of the portions, of one square mile each, into which the public lands of the United States are divided; one thirty-sixth part of a township. These sections are subdivided into quarter sections for sale under the homestead and preemption laws.
n.
A territorial subdivision of Attica (also of modern Greece), corresponding to a township.
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