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Denning

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den  (dn)
n.
1. The shelter or retreat of a wild animal; a lair.
2. A cave or hollow used as a refuge or hiding place.
3. A hidden or squalid dwelling place: a den of thieves.
4. A secluded room for study or relaxation.
5. A unit of about eight to ten Cub Scouts.
intr.v. denned, den·ning, dens
To inhabit or hide in a den.

[Middle English, from Old English denn.]

Denning [ˈdɛnɪŋ]
n
(Biographies / Denning, Alfred Thompson (1899-1999) M, English, LAW: judge) Baron Alfred Thompson. 1899-1999, English judge; Master of the Rolls 1962-82


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Denning, our greatest authority on meteor- ites, stated that the height of its first appearance was about ninety or one hundred miles.
 
 
 
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