HAVERSACK, or HAVRESACK (through the French from Ger. Haber-sack, an oat-sack, a nose-bag, Hafer or Haver, oats)

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HAVERSACK, or HAVRESACK (through the French from Ger. Haber-sack, an oat-sack, a nose-bag, Hafer or Haver, oats) , the bag in which horsemen carried the oats for their horses. In

Scotland

SCOTLAND
SCOTLAND,
CHURCH
- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other
  languages
  - LANGUAGES
  under various forms—Scottish
  kirk
  - KIRK, SIR JOHN (1832- )
  , Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH,
  RICHARD
  - RICHARD
  - RICHARD (d. 1184)
  - RICHARD, FRANCOIS
    MARIE
    - MARIE
    BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
  - RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
  - RICHARD, ST
  WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR
  RICHARD
  - RICHARD
  - RICHARD (d. 1184)
  - RICHARD, FRANCOIS
    MARIE
    - MARIE
    BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
  - RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
  - RICHARD, ST
  (1784–1873)
OF
SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other
  languages
  - LANGUAGES
  under various forms—Scottish
  kirk
  - KIRK, SIR JOHN (1832- )
  , Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
OF

and the north of England haver, meaning oats, is still used, as haver-

meal

MEAL

or haver-bread.

Haversack

HAVERSACK, or HAVRESACK (through the
French
from Ger. Haber-sack, an oat-sack, a nose-bag, Hafer or Haver, oats)

is now used for the strong bag made of linen or canvas, in which soldiers, sportsmen or travellers, carry their personal belongings, or more usually the provisions for the day.
right of

petition

PETITION (Lat. for " seeking " or " praying ")

. Haverhill was incorporated as a town in
1645 and became a city in 1869. Bradford, a town (largely
residential) lying on the opposite bank of the river, became

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