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Brewer's: White Poplar
This tree was originally the nymph Leuce, beloved by Pluto, and at death the infernal Zeus metamorphosed her into a white poplar, which was ultimately…Brewer's: White Rose
The House of York, whose emblem it was. The White Rose. Cardinal de la Pole. (1500-1558.) White Rose of England. So Perkin Warbeck or Osbeck…Brewer's: White Sheep
[Ak-koin-loo]. A tribe of Turkomans, so called from their standards. The Sophivean dynasty of Persia was founded by one of this tribe.…Brewer's: White Squall
One which produces no diminution of light, in contradistinction to a black squall, in which the clouds are black and heavy. Source:…Brewer's: White Stone
Days marked with a white stone. Days of pleasure; days to be remembered with gratification. The Romans used a white stone or piece of chalk to mark…Brewer's: White Surrey
The horse of Richard III. (See Horse.) “Saddle White Surrey for the field.” Shakespeare: Richard III., v. 3. Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: White Tincture
That preparation which the alchemists believed would convert any baser metal into silver. It is also called the Stone of the Second Order, the Little…Brewer's: White Widow
The Duchess of Tyrconnel, wife of Richard Talbot, Lord-deputy of Ireland under James II., created Duke of Tyrconnel a little before the king's…Brewer's: White Witch
(A). A cunning fellow; one knowing in white art in contradistinction to black art. “Two or three years past there came to these parts one ...…Byron (Whizzer) White
Byron (Whizzer) WhiteBorn: June 8, 1917Football All-America HB at Colorado (1937); signed with Pittsburgh in 1938 for the then largest contract in pro history ($15,800); took Rhodes…