LIERRE (Flemish, Lier)

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LIERRE (Flemish, Lier) , a town in the province of Antwerp, Belgium; 9 M. S.E. of Antwerp. Pop. (1904) 24,229. It carries on a brisk industry in

silk

SILK

fabrics. Its

church

of St Gommaire was finished in 1557 and contains three fine glass windows, the

gift

GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut.
stem
- STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")
gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later
English
- ENGLISH
is due to Scandinavian
influence
- INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)
)

of the archduke

Maximilian

MAXIMILIAN
MAXIMILIAN (1832—1867)

, to celebrate his wedding with

Mary

Burgundy

BURGUNDY

.

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