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(Encyclopedia) ivy, name applied loosely to any trailing or climbing plant, particularly cultivated forms, but more popularly a designation for Hedera helix, the so-called English ivy, and some…Brewer's: Ivy
(Old English, ifig). Dedicated to Bacchus from the notion that it is a preventive of drunkenness. But whether the Dionysian ivy is the same plant as that which we call ivy is doubtful, as…onomatopoeia
(Encyclopedia) onomatopoeiaonomatopoeiaŏnˌəmătˌəpēˈə [key] [Gr.,=word-making], in language, the representation of a sound by an imitation thereof; e.g., the cat mews. Poets often convey the meaning…Brewer's: Ivy Bush
Like an owl in an ivy-bush. Having a sapient, vacant look, as some persons have when in their cups; having a stupid vacant stare. Owls are proverbial for their judge-like solemnity, and…Brewer's: Ivy Lane
(London). So called from the houses of the prebendaries of St. Paul, overgrown with ivy, which once stood there. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894IxionIvy…Brewer's: Owl in an Ivy Bush
(Like an). Very ugly, a horrible fright [of a fellow]. Said of (or to) a person who has dressed his head unbecomingly, or that has a scared look, an untidy head of hair, or that looks…Colonial American and Ivy League Colleges
America's oldest and prestigious universities While a number of present-day colleges were founded as secondary schools before the American Revolution, only nine existed as colleges at that point.…2001-02 Ivy League Football Standings
Ivy League Conference Overall W L PF PA W L PF PA Harvard 7 0 220 150 9 0 293 184 Pennsylvania 6 1 184 96 8 1…2000-01 Ivy League Football Standings
Ivy League Conference Overall W L PF PA W L PF PA Pennsylvania 6 1 277 178 7 3 349 257 Cornell 5 2 217 238 5 5…2000-01 Ivy League Basketball Standings
Conference Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct *Princeton 11 3 .786 16 11 .593 Brown 9 5 .643 15 12 .556 Pennsylvania 9 5 .…Trending
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