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Boyne

[ US /ˈbɔɪn/ ]
NOUN
  1. a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690; William III defeated the deposed James II and so ended the Catholicism that had been reintroduced in England by the Stuarts

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  • The Twelfth" officially commemorates the July 12, 1690, triumph of Protestant King William of Orange versus the Catholic he deposed from the English throne, James II, at the Battle of the Boyne south of Belfast. Latest Headlines - ABC 7 News
  • Boynet, whom I mentioned above, is accoutered with the coiffure called piked horns, which, if there were any signs in The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2
  • James's army, encamped near the Boyne river, was further reinforced by additional French contingents.
  • But from 1685 to 1688 this man was absolute master of England and her colonies; and the disease which he bred in English vitals was hardly cured even by the sharp medicine of the Boyne. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775
  • Once she prevailed with him, and really got him and Boyne off for a day, but they came back early, with signs of having bored each other intolerably, and after that it was Boyne, as much as his father, who relucted from joint expeditions. The Kentons
  • He was fifteen and a midshipman on the HMS Boyne, Admiral Neale's flagship.
  • Browne but Nolan; a stonecold shoulder for Donn Joe Vance; all lock and no stable for Honorbright Merreytrickx; a big drum for Billy Dunboyne; a guilty goldeny bellows, below me blow me, for Ida Ida and a hushaby rocker, Elletrouvetout, for Who-is-silvier — Where-is-he? Finnegans Wake
  • The name of Banff, by which the family was afterwards ennobled, seems to be derived from the ancient thanedom of Boyne.
  • Although Mr Boynes would love to be part of the flyover, he considers his attendance on the ground just as important.
  • The police jeep and Boynes' vehicle were barely able to squeeze past.
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