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Brewer's: Egg-on
or Edge-on. A corruption of the Saxon eggian (to incite). The Anglo-Saxon ecg, and Scandinavian eg, means a “sharp point”—hence edge-hog (hedgehog), a hog with sharp points, called in…Brewer's: Knuckle-duster
A metal instrument which is fitted to a man's fist, and may be readily used in self-defence by striking a blow. Sometimes these instruments are armed with spikes. It was an American…Brewer's: Gridiron
Emblematic of St. Laurence, because in his martyrdom he was broiled to death on a gridiron. In allusion thereto the church of St. Laurence Jewry, near Guildhall, has a gilt gridiron for a…Long Beach, Calif.
Mayor: Robert Garcia (to June 2018) City Manager: Patrick H. West 2010 census population (rank): 462,257 (36);…23rd Lambda Literary Awards
The 23rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards are for books published in 2010. Bisexual Fiction: The Lunatic, the Lover…Amy Lowell: The Bombardment
The BombardmentSlowly, without force, the rain drops into the city. It stops a moment on the carved head of Saint John, then slides on again, slipping and trickling over his stone cloak. It…2013 Tony (Antoinette Perry) Awards
The Tony Awards, honoring distinguished achievement in Broadway theater, were presented on June 9, 2013. Play: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Musical…Cell Theory, Form, and Function: Viruses
VirusesCell Theory, Form, and FunctionIntroductionProkaryotes and EukaryotesVirusesFluid Mosaic Model of Membrane Structure and FunctionCell Cycle: Interphase, Mitosis, Cytokinesis Viruses are…U.S. News: Occupy One Year Later
Major U.S. news stories, from the 2012 Presidential Election to the Chicago Teacher's Strike Official Occupy Wall Street Poster Poster Credit: AdbustersRelated…Brewer's: Killed by Inches
In allusion to divers ways of prolonging capital punishments in olden times; e.g.: (1) The “iron coffin of Lissa.” The prisoner was laid in the coffin, and saw the iron lid creep slowly…Trending
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