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lignite

(Encyclopedia) lignitelignitelĭgˈnīt [key] or brown coal, carbonaceous fuel intermediate between coal and peat, brown or yellowish in color and woody in texture. It contains more moisture than coal…

whiskey

(Encyclopedia) whiskey [from the Gaelic for “water of life”], spirituous liquor distilled from a fermented mash of grains, usually rye, barley, oats, wheat, or corn. Inferior whiskeys are made from…

Rocky Mountain High

A guide to the 2003 Winter X Games by John Gettings Related Links Winter & Summer X GamesOlympic Snowboarding ResultsOlympic Preview: SnowboardingSummer X GamesUS Ski Team Int'l Ski Fed.Int'l…

Brewer's: Magnetic Mountain

A mountain which drew out all the nails of any ship that approached within its magnetic influence. The ship in which Prince Agib sailed fell to pieces when wind-driven towards it. (Arabian…

Brewer's: Shivering Mountain

Mam Tor, a hill on the Peak of Derbyshire; so called from the waste of its mass by “shivering”- that is, breaking away in “shivers” or small pieces. This shivering has been going on for…

Brewer's: Man-Mountain

or Quinbus Flestrin. So Gulliver was called Lilliput. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man ProposesMan ... Monkey A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…

Brewer's: Mountain-dew

Whisky. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Mountains of Mole-hillsMountain Ash 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…

Brewer's: Delectable Mountains

(The), in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, are a range of mountains from which the “Celestial City” may be seen. They are in Immanuel's land, and are covered with sheep, for which Immanuel had…

Brewer's: Emperor of the Mountains

king of the woods, and lord of the highways from Florence to Naples. A title assumed by Peter the Calabrian, a famous bandit-chief (1812). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…

Mountain West Conference

ConferenceOverallTeamWLPctWLPct*UNLV104.714238.742*Utah104.714239.719†New Mexico95.6431814.563Colorado St.86.5711912.613Wyoming86.5711912.613†Brigham Young77.5002211.667Air Force410.286820.…