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He knew it, he said, by the old tower, as well as by a huge pinnacle of rock which arose near it, almost in the form of a steeple, to the top of which the lammer-geier (one of the largest birds of prey known to exist) had in former days transported the child of an ancient lord of the castle.
Anne of Geierstein 2008
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One of this ill-omened light chanced to be a lammer-geier, or Alpine vulture, a bird arger and more voracious than the eagle himself, and which Arthur had not been accustomed to see, or at least to look upon closely.
Anne of Geierstein 2008
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"A _geier_, perhaps," suggested Siurd, his eye glued to his spyglass.
Barbarians 1899
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Heb. peres = to "break" or "crush", the lammer-geier, or bearded vulture, the largest of the whole vulture tribe.
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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'' Geier '' and '' geier tout '' are like wenz and wenz tout, except that the Queens rather than the Jacks are the only trumps.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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'' Geier '' and '' geier tout '' are like wenz and wenz tout, except that the Queens rather than the Jacks are the only trumps.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Geier and geier tout are like wenz and wenz tout, except that the Queens rather than the Jacks are the only trumps.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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'' Suit geier '' is formed similarly As in [[Skat]], if no player bids it is customary to play '' ramsch '', a negative game in which all players are on their own.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Geier and geier tout are like wenz and wenz tout, except that the Queens rather than the Jacks are the only trumps.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Geier and geier tout are like wenz and wenz tout, except that the Queens rather than the Jacks are the only trumps.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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