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Devon

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Dev·on 1  (dvn)
A region of southwest England bordering on the English Channel. Occupied in Paleolithic times, it became part of Wessex in the eighth century.
Dev·on 2  (dvn)
n.
Any of a breed of reddish cattle raised primarily for beef.
[After Devon1, where the breed was originally developed.]
devon [ˈdɛvən]
n
(Cookery) Austral a bland processed meat in sausage form, eaten cold in slices
[named after Devon]
Devon [ˈdɛvən]
n
1. (Placename) Also called Devonshire a county of SW England, between the Bristol Channel and the English Channel, including the island of Lundy: the geographic and ceremonial county includes Plymouth and Torbay, which became independent unitary authorities in 1998; hilly, rising to the uplands of Exmoor and Dartmoor, with wooded river valleys and a rugged coastline. Administrative centre: Exeter. Pop. (excluding unitary authorities): 704 499 (2001). Area (excluding unitary authorities): 6569 sq. km (2536 sq. miles)
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) a breed of large red beef cattle originally from Devon
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Noun1.DevonDevon - a county in southwestern England    
Devonshire
England - a division of the United Kingdom
2.Devon - red dual-purpose cattle of English origin
Bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine, oxen - domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen"


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"From Devon and Wales--most of them," said Jip--"The wind is coming that way.
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As far as this portion of the Devon coast was concerned, that seemed to have been over for many years, but neither were there any people.
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The woods, the rivers, the lawns of Devon and of Dorset, attract the eye of the ingenious traveller, and retard his pace, which delay he afterwards compensates by swiftly scouring over the gloomy heath of Bagshot, or that pleasant plain which extends itself westward from Stockbridge, where no other object than one single tree only in sixteen miles presents itself to the view, unless the clouds, in compassion to our tired spirits, kindly open their variegated mansions to our prospect.
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