GILES, WILLIAM B.
\d͡ʒˈa͡ɪlz], \dʒˈaɪlz], \dʒ_ˈaɪ_l_z]\
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(1762-1830), represented Virginia in the U. S. Congress from 1790 to 1799, 1801 to 1803, and in the Senate from 1804 to 1815. In 1826 he was a member of the Virginia Legislature, and was Governor of the State from 1826 to 1829. He was a skillful parliamentary leader.
By John Franklin Jameson
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.
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