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Brewer's: Grease One's Fist

or Palm (To). To give a bribe. “Grease my fist with a tester or two, and ye shall find it in your pennyworths.” —Quarles: The Virgin Widow, iv. 1. p. 40. S. You must oyl it first. C. I…

Solon, Athenian statesman

(Encyclopedia) SolonSolonsōˈlən [key], c.639–c.559 b.c., Athenian statesman, lawgiver, and reformer. He was also a poet, and some of his patriotic verse in the Ionic dialect is extant. At some time (…

tektite

(Encyclopedia) tektitetektitetĕktīt [key], naturally occurring, silica-rich (65%–80% SiO2) glass resembling obsidian and sometimes shale, and is normally jet black to olive green. They appear as…

Khalkidhikí

(Encyclopedia) KhalkidhikíKhalkidhikíkhälkēᵺēkēˈ [key] or ChalcidiceChalcidicekălsĭdˈĭsē [key], peninsula (1991 pop. 92,117), NE Greece, projecting into the Aegean Sea from SE Macedonia. Its southern…

Lucca

(Encyclopedia) LuccaLuccal&oomacr;kˈkä [key], city (1991 pop. 87,100), capital of Lucca prov., Tuscany, N central Italy, near the Ligurian Sea. It is a commercial and industrial center and an…

Pátrai

(Encyclopedia) PátraiPátraipäˈtrā [key] or PatrasPatraspəträsˈ, pătˈrəs [key], Lat. Patrae, city (1991 pop. 153,344), capital of Akhaía prefecture, central Greece, in the Peloponnesus. It is a port…

English sparrow

(Encyclopedia) English sparrow or house sparrow, small bird, Passer domesticus, common throughout most of the world. English sparrows are 4 to 7 in. (10–18 cm) long, with short, stout bills. The male…

woodcreeper

(Encyclopedia) woodcreeper or woodhewer, common names for woodpeckerlike birds of tropical forest and brush, constituting about 50 species in the family Dendrocolaptidae. Supported by their stiff…

The True George Washington: Education

EducationFormal EducationThe father of Washington received his education at Appleby School in England, and, true to his alma mater, he sent his two elder sons to the same school. His death…