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Brewer's: Pigmy
A dwarf. In fabulous history the pigmies were a nation of dwarfs devoured by cranes. (See Pygmies.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894PigsneyPightel A B C D…Brewer's: Letter of Pythagoras
(The). The Greek upsilon, “They placed themselves in the order and figure of , the letter of Pythagoras, as cranes do in their flight.” —Rabelais; Pantagruel, iv. 33. Source: Dictionary…1936 College Football Consensus All-America Team
(By position, in alphabetical order)EndsLarry Kelley, YaleGaynell Tinsley, LSUTacklesAverell Daniel, PittsburghEd Widseth, MinnesotaGuardsSteve Reid, NorthwesternMax Starcevich,…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, May 25, 1806
Day 1411 Day 1413 Clark, May 25, 1806 Sunday 25th May 1806 rained moderately the greater part of last night and this morning untill 6 A.M. The child is not So well to day as yesterday. I…Science News: Curiosity's Mission to Mars
The NASA rover is looking for signs of life on the Red Planet by Catherine McNiff Curiosity at Gale Crater on Mars where the first scoop sampling occurred. Source…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: July 11, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark July 10, 1806July 12, 1806July 11, 1806 July 11th 1806. the morning was fair and the plains looked beatifull the grass much improved by the late…Brewer's: Pygmies
(2 syl.). A nation of dwarfs on the banks of the Upper Nile. Every spring the cranes made war upon them and devoured them. They cut down every corn-ear with an axe. When Hercules went to…Brewer's: Gourmand's Prayer
(The). “O Philoxenos, Philoxenos, why were you not Prometheus?” Prometheus was the mythological creator of man, and Philoxenos was a great epicure, whose great and constant wish was to…Brewer's: Derrick
A hangman; a temporary crane to remove goods from the hold of a vessel. So called from Derrick, the Tyburn hangman early in the seventeenth century, who for more than a hundred years gave…Movies and Film: Taking in a Movie vs. Watching a Film
Taking in a Movie vs. Watching a FilmMovies and FilmWhen Is a Movie a Film?Taking in a Movie vs. Watching a FilmHow to Watch a Flick as If It Were a Film Sounds simple, right? When you "take in a…Trending
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