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mulberry

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Red mulberry, Morus rubra mulberry, common name for the Moraceae, a family of deciduous or evergreen trees and shrubs, often climbing, mostly of pantropical distribution, and…

Dylan, Bob

(Encyclopedia) Dylan, BobDylan, Bobdĭlˈən [key], 1941–, American singer and composer, b. Duluth, Minn., as Robert Zimmerman. Dylan learned guitar at the age of 10 and autoharp and harmonica at 15.…

folk song

(Encyclopedia) folk song, music of anonymous composition, transmitted orally. The theory that folk songs were originally group compositions has been modified in recent studies. These assume that the…

Oscar Trivia

by Beth Rowen Meryl Streep Source: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP Related Links Minority Oscar Winners Slideshow Movie Timeline More Movie Awards   Films that won…

Brewer's: Bogie

A scarecrow, a goblin. (Bulgarian, bog, a god; Salvonic, bogu; Welsh, bwg, a goblin, our bugbear.) The Assyrian mothers used to scare their children with the name of Narsës (Gibbon); the…

Brewer's: Nosnot-Bocai

[Bo-ky ]. Prince of Purgatory. Purgatory is the “realm of Nosnot-Bocai.” Sir, I last night received command To see you out of Fairy land, Into the realm of Nosnot-Bocai; But let not fear…

Brewer's: Beaumontague

[pronounce bo-mon-taig ]. Bad work, especially ill-fitting carpenter's work; literary padding; paste and scissors literature; so called from putty used by carpenters, etc., for filling up…

Brewer's: Bleed

To make a man bleed is to make him pay dearly for something; to victimise him. Money is the life-blood of commerce. It makes my heart bleed. It makes me very sorrowful. She found them…