ENOCH COBB WINES
\ɪnˈɒk kˈɒb wˈa͡ɪnz], \ɪnˈɒk kˈɒb wˈaɪnz], \ɪ_n_ˈɒ_k k_ˈɒ_b w_ˈaɪ_n_z]\
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An American clergyman and philanthropist; born in Hanover, N. J., Feb. 17, 1806; died in Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 10, 1879. He was noted as secretary of the N. Y. State Prison Association in 1862, and afterwards devoted his life to the promotion of reform in the administration of criminal law and treatment of criminals. His writings include: "Two Years and a Half in the Navy" (1832); "A Trip to China" (1832); "Hints on Popular Education" (1838); "Commentaries on Laws of Ancient Hebrews" (1852); "Adam and Christ" (1855); "Prisons and Reformatories in the United States and Canada" (1867); "State of Prisons and Child-Saving Institutions" (1880.)
By Charles Dudley Warner
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).
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