Minot

[ mahy-nuht ]

/ ˈmaɪ nət /

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George Rich·ards

[rich-erdz], /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/, 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.

a city in N North Dakota.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

A Hull man told me that he helped set up a white-oak pole on Minot's Ledge some years before.
Cape Cod|Henry D. Thoreau
Minot's History of the Insurrection in Massachusetts, pages 34-37.
A Source Book in American History to 1787|Various
In 1701-02 Minot petitions for a license to keep an inn or tavern at his house, nigh Roxbury gate.
Old Boston Taverns and Tavern Clubs|Samuel Adams Drake
After waiting nearly an hour there, without seeing the opposing train, Minot was seized with an inspiration.
The Modern Railroad|Edward Hungerford

Carpenter retained nothing of the old-fashioned theology, and Hale was always a delight—so was Minot Savage.
A Son of the Middle Border|Hamlin Garland

Minot

[ mī′nət ]

George Richards 1885-1950

American physician. He shared a 1934 Nobel Prize for discovering that a diet of liver relieves anemia.