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Bezer

(Encyclopedia) BezerBezerbēˈzər [key]. Reubenite town, E of the Jordan. Bezer is mentioned in the Moabite stone and several times in the Bible; it may be identical with Bozrah (2.)

inlaying

(Encyclopedia) inlaying, process of ornamenting a surface by setting into it material of different color or substance, usually in such a manner as to preserve a continuous plane. Inlay is employed in…

Pepper, Beverly

(Encyclopedia) Pepper, Beverly, American sculptor, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. She lived in Italy from the 1950s. Pepper began as a social realist painter but soon turned to sculpture, inspired by the carvings…

Most Popular Names

Find the most popular baby names given each year to boys and girls in the United States from 1880 to the present. Visit the Interactive Baby Name Finder for more popular baby names. Boys…

Troy , cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) Troy. 1 City (1990 pop. 13,051), seat of Pike co., SE Ala., on the Conecuh River; inc. 1843. Products include lumber and wood items, textiles, truck bodies, feed, plastics, and pecans…

Quiriguá

(Encyclopedia) QuiriguáQuiriguákērēgwäˈ, kērēwäˈ [key], city of the Classic epoch of the Maya, E Guatemala. It is famous for its zoomorphics. Its stone steles have fine hieroglyphs. Near the ruins…

Chichibu

(Encyclopedia) Chichibu Chichibu chēˈchēb&oomacr; [key], city, Saitama prefecture, central Japan, on the Ara River…

Falköping

(Encyclopedia) Falköping Falköping fälˈchöˌpĭng [key], city, Skaraborg co., S Sweden, between lakes Vänern and…