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Brewer's: Dairi

(3 syl.). The royal residence in Japan; the court of the mikado, used by metonomy for the sovereign or chief pontiff himself. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Brewer's: Dairy

A corrupt form of “dey-ery,” Middle English deierie and deyyerye, from deye, a dairymaid. “The dey or farm-woman entered with her pitchers, to deliver the milk for the family.” —Scott:…

Alvord, Henry Elijah

(Encyclopedia) Alvord, Henry Elijah, 1844–1904, American agriculturist, educator, and specialist in dairy husbandry, b. Greenfield, Mass. He pioneered in developing the cooperative creamery system…

The Thief

Director/Writer:Pavel ChukhraiDirector of Photography:Vladimir KlimovEditors:Marina Dobryanskaya and Natalia KucherenkoMusic:Vladimir DashkevichProduction Designer:Vikctor PetrovProducers:…

Lake Jackson

(Encyclopedia) Lake Jackson, city (1990 pop. 22,776), Brazoria co., SE Tex., on a branch of the Brazos River, near the Gulf of Mexico; founded 1941. It is a trading and shipping center for the many…

Kilmarnock

(Encyclopedia) KilmarnockKilmarnockkĭlmärˈnək [key], city (1991 pop. 51,799), East Ayrshire, SW Scotland. An industrial town in a mining area, it has industries that manufacture carpets, hosiery,…

Shamokin

(Encyclopedia) ShamokinShamokinshəmōˈkĭn [key], city (1990 pop. 9,184), Northumberland co., E Pa.; settled c.1835, inc. 1864. A mining center for anthracite coal, Shamokin lies in an area of…

Dickinson

(Encyclopedia) Dickinson, city (2020 pop. 25,679), seat of Stark co., SW N.Dak., on the Heart River; inc. 1919. It is a processing and shipping center…

soiling

(Encyclopedia) soiling, agricultural practice of feeding green fodder to livestock in the barn or dry lot. It is followed in the United States mostly in the dairy industry in seasons when pastures…

Neenah

(Encyclopedia) NeenahNeenahnēˈnə [key], city (1990 pop. 23,219), Winnebago co., E Wis., on Lake Winnebago at the mouth of the Fox River; settled c.1835 on the site of a Winnebago village, inc. as a…