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Almanac

noun

An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year. Synonym: farmer's calendar.

An annual publication containing tabular information in a particular field or fields arranged according to the calendar of a given year.

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"Almanac" Quotes from Famous Books

... an exquisite, Mr. Standish is clever, entertaining, and agreeable. One day that he sat beside me at dinner, we had a delightful battledore and shuttlecock conversation from grave to gay as quick as your heart could wish: from L'Almanac des Gourmandes and Le Respectable Porc, to Dorriforth ...

— The Life And Letters Of Maria Edgeworth, Vol. 1 • Maria Edgeworth

... NAUTICAL ALMANAC. This in its wide sense, and recognizing its value to navigators and astronomers, must be pronounced one of the most useful of publications. How Drake and Magellan got on is matter of marvel, for sailors ...

— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth

... being singular, too, but I can't help it. I've got instructions to follow the almanac, and I'm going ...

— Elbow-Room - A Novel Without a Plot • Charles Heber Clark (AKA Max Adeler)

... This was an important day in our almanac, for it was on this day that we were first assured that our voyage was really drawing to a close. The captain gave orders to have the ship ready for getting under weigh; and observed that there was a good breeze to take ...

— Two Years Before the Mast • Richard Henry Dana

... Almanac and Calendar for 1870. Agricultural and Kindred Journals. Agricultural and Kindred Books. Prospect and Retrospect. Immigration. Home Markets. Cooeperation among Farmers. Commercial Fertilizers. The Crops and the Weather. Thorough Drainage. Agricultural ...

— Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health • George E. Waring

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