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Franz Xaver GabelsbergerJames GadsdenLyman Judson GageJames GalanosJohn Kenneth GalbraithFerdinando GalianiAlbert GallatinGeorge Horace GallupIsabella Stewart GardnerThomas Andrew GareyRobert…Brewer's: Abrahamites
(4 syl.). Certain Bohemian deists, so called because they professed to believe what Abraham believed before he was circumcised. The sect was forbidden by the Emperor Joseph II in 1783.…Brewer's: Abraxas Stones
Abrax′as Stones with the word Abraxas engraved on them, and used as talismans. They were cut into symbolic forms combining a fowl's head, a serpent's body, and human limbs. (See Abracax…Brewer's: Jarkman
An Abram-man (q.v.). Jark means a seal, whence also a safe-conduct. Abram-men were licensed beggars, who had the “seal” or licence of the Bethlehem Hospital to beg. Source: Dictionary of…concrete
(Encyclopedia) concrete, structural masonry material made by mixing broken stone or gravel with sand, cement, and water and allowing the mixture to harden into a solid mass. The cement is the…The Devil's Dictionary: Story
by Ambrose Bierce SPOOKERSUCCESSSTORY -n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph…The Supreme Court: Oliver Wendell Holmes (1902-1932)
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1902-1932)The Supreme CourtGreat Minds of the CourtJoseph Story (1811-1845)Oliver Wendell Holmes (1902-1932)Louis Brandeis (1916-1939)Benjamin Cardozo (1932-1938)Hugo…Theories of the Universe: Forces, Particles, and Some Cosmological Glue
Forces, Particles, and Some Cosmological GlueTheories of the UniverseForces, Particles, and Some Cosmological GlueSize in the MicrocosmThe Forces You Already KnowThe Particle ZooThe Last Train to…The Book of Genesis
Genesis Ch. 1: In the beginning God created the heaven… Ch. 2: Thus the heavens and the earth were finished… Ch. 3: Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of… Ch. 4: And Adam knew Eve…Biographies of the Presidents
Read bios on all of the U.S. presidents from George Washington to Ulysses S. Grant to Joe Biden. George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe…Trending
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