Amesbury

[ eymz-ber-ee, -buh-ree ]

/ ˈeɪmzˌbɛr i, -bə ri /

a town in NE Massachusetts.

QUIZZES

Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!

Question 1 of 7

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Susanna Martin, an aged woman of Amesbury, Mass., was tried and executed for the alleged crime of witchcraft.
The Works of Whittier, Volume I (of VII)|John Greenleaf Whittier
A few years after settling at Amesbury the cherished aunt died; some years later—in 1857—the mother.
Some Noble Sisters|Edmund Lee
Once while his guest at Amesbury, I went with him to town meeting.
Whittier-land|Samuel T. Pickard
From this old law have grown up all the public schools of Amesbury.
The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 6|Various

The simile is good and is particularly applicable to its aspect from the Amesbury road—the least imposing of the approaches.
Wanderings in Wessex|Edric Holmes