Lys

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Lys

(lēs)

A river rising in northern France and flowing about 210 km (130 mi) northeast along the French-Belgian border to the Scheldt River.

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Lys

(lis)

n.

a river in W Europe, in N France and W Belgium, flowing NE into the Scheldt River at Ghent. 120 mi. (195 km) long.

Lys

lysine.

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Those were anxious days, during which I had but little opportunity to associate with Lys. I had given her the commander's room, Bradley and I taking that of the deck-officer, while Olson and two of our best men occupied the room ordinarily allotted to petty officers.

They had been broken upon the night that Lys had been seen talking with von Schoenvorts.

I recognized him as Benson, the man who, Wilson had said, reported having seen Lys with von Schoenvorts two nights before.

Lys, followed by Nobs, appeared as I entered the centrale.

Once or twice Lys passed me; but for the most part she kept to her room.

Lys stood with a heavy blanket wrapped around her slender figure, and as I approached her, she half turned toward me to see who it was.

"I cannot tell you, Lys," I replied, "but it came to me from two different sources."

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"A little town on the Lys; I shall only have to cross the river, and I shall be in a foreign country."

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The day the fleurs de lys were cut out of the medallions of the treasury, and the king laid down his arms, I thought our mistress would have had the hysterics on our account.

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The increased costs of energy and AA sources for diet formulation has made understanding of the Lys requirements as an essential component of cost-effective growing-finishing feeding strategies, which has led to the need to optimize the Lys:calorie ratio to maximize growth in young and rapidly growing pigs (Schneider et al., 2010).

Determining of the effect of lysine: calorie ratio on growth performance and blood urea nitrogen of growing barrows and gilts in hot season and cool season in a commercial environment

September 11: Whitland v Brynmawr Llangennech v Blackwood Fleur De Lys v Narberth Builth Wells v Carmarthen Ath Bridgend Athletic v UWIC Beddau v Tonmawr Glamorgan Wdrs v Maesteg