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The Journals of Lewis & Clark: May 26, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark May 25, 1806May 27, 1806May 26, 1806 Monday May 26th 1806. Had frequent showers in the course of the last night. Collins, Shannon and Colter set…March 2015 Current Events: Disasters & Science News
World News | Business News | U.S. News Here are the key events in science and disasters news for the month of March 2015. Category Five…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: August 16, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark August 15, 1806August 17, 1806August 16, 1806 Friday 16th August 1806 a cool morning. Sent up Sergt. Pryor to the mandan village, for Some Corn…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, April 12, 1806
Day 1319 Day 1321 Clark, April 12, 1806 Saturday April 12th 1806. rained the greater part of the last night and this morning untile 10 A.M. we employed all hands in attempting to take up…Geology of the Grand Canyon: Base Levels Of Erosion.
BASE LEVELS OF EROSION.In his popular narrative of Explorations of the Colorado River, Powell has employed the above term to give precision to an idea which is of much importance in physical…Brewer's: Pikestaff
Plain as a pikestaff. Quite obvious and unmistakable. The pikestaff was the staff carried by pilgrims, which plainly and somewhat ostentatiously announced their “devotion.” It has been…Brewer's: Monkey's Allowance
More kicks than halfpence. The allusion is to the monkeys carried about for show; they pick up the halfpence, but carry them to the master, who keeps kicking or ill-treating the poor…Brewer's: Flag-officer
Either an admiral, vice-admiral, rear-admiral, or commodore. These officers alone are privileged to carry a flag denoting rank. Admirals carry their flag at the main, vice-admirals at the…Brewer's: Colporteur
A hawker or pedlar; so called because he carries his basket or pack round his neck. The term is more especially applied to hawkers of religious books. (Latin, collum, the neck; porto, to…Brewer's: Keening
A weird lamentation for the dead, common in Galway. The coffin is carried to the burying place, and while it is carried three times round, the mourners go to the graves of their nearest…Trending
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