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(Encyclopedia) sand, rock material occurring in the form of loose, rounded or angular grains, varying in size from .06 mm to 2 mm in diameter, the particles being smaller than those of gravel and…pseudonym
(Encyclopedia) pseudonympseudonyms&oomacr;ˈdənĭm [key] [Gr.,=false name], name assumed, particularly by writers, to conceal identity. A writer's pseudonym is also referred to as a nom de plume (…Brewer's: Sand-blind
Virtually blind, but not wholly so, what the French call ber-lue; our parblind. (Old English suffix sam, half; or Old High German sand, virtually.) It is only fit for a Launcelot Gobbo to…Brewer's: Goodwin Sands
consisted at one time of about 4,000 acres of low land fenced from the sea by a wall, belonging to Earl Goodwin or Godwin. William the Conqueror bestowed them on the abbey of St. Augustine…Julian Sands Biography
Julian SandsactorBorn: 1/15/1958Birthplace: Otley, England This dashing blond actor made his first significant screen appearance as the photographer in The Killing Fields (1984). He rose to fame as…Maurois, André
(Encyclopedia) Maurois, AndréMaurois, AndréäNdrāˈ mōrwäˈ [key], 1885–1967, French biographer, novelist, and essayist. His name was originally Émile Herzog. His first work, The Silence of Colonel…Behn, Aphra
(Encyclopedia) Behn, AphraBehn, Aphraăfˈrə bān, bēn [key], 1640–89, first professional female English author. Little is known of her early life, but there is evidence that c.1658 she married a London…Walt Whitman: Sands at Seventy
Sands at SeventyMannahattaPaumanokFrom Montauk PointTo Those Who've Fail'dA Carol Closing Sixty-NineThe Bravest SoldiersA Font of TypeAs I Sit Writing HereMy Canary BirdQueries to My…Brewer's: Sand-man is about
(The). (See Dustman.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894SandsSand-blind A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…sand dollar
(Encyclopedia) sand dollar, common name for a marine animal in the same phylum as the starfish (see sea star). The sand dollar has a rigid, flattened, disk-shaped test, or shell, made of firmly…Trending
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