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* '''Ball's Bluff:''' a battle fought on October 21, 1861, in Virginia, as part of Union Maj. Gen. George McClellan's operations in Northern Virginia during the American Civil War. | * '''Ball's Bluff:''' a battle fought on October 21, 1861, in Virginia, as part of Union Maj. Gen. George McClellan's operations in Northern Virginia during the American Civil War. | ||
| − | * '''bluffed''' | + | * '''bluffed''': misled or deceived |
| + | * bluff: rising steeply with a broad flat or rounded front | ||
| + | * bluff: rough and blunt but not unkind | ||
[[Category:battles]] | [[Category:battles]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:57, 20 May 2013
- Ball's Bluff: a battle fought on October 21, 1861, in Virginia, as part of Union Maj. Gen. George McClellan's operations in Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.
- bluffed: misled or deceived
- bluff: rising steeply with a broad flat or rounded front
- bluff: rough and blunt but not unkind
