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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…phosphorus
(Encyclopedia) phosphorusphosphorusfŏsˈfərəs [key] [Gr.,=light-bearing], nonmetallic chemical element; symbol P; at. no. 15; at. wt. 30.97376; m.p. 44.1℃; b.p. about 280℃; sp. gr. 1.82 at 20℃;…Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna
(Encyclopedia) Blavatsky, Helena PetrovnaBlavatsky, Helena Petrovnablətvătˈskē [key], 1831–91, Russian theosophist and occultist. She was the daughter of a German named Hahn who had settled in Russia…Rodchenko, Aleksandr
(Encyclopedia) Rodchenko, Aleksandr. 1891–1956, Russian painter, sculptor, photographer, and designer, b. St. Petersburg. One of the most important and versatile avant-garde artists to emerge after…Karman, Tawakul
(Encyclopedia) Karman, TawakulKarman, Tawakultäwäk&oomacr;lˈ kärmänˈ [key], 1979–, Yemeni journalist and human-rights activist. An outspoken journalist, she encountered repeated government…Long, Huey Pierce
(Encyclopedia) Long, Huey Pierce, 1893–1935, American political leader, b. Winnfield, La.; brother of Earl Long. Originally a farm boy, he was an extremely successful traveling salesman before…Trending
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