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Khandogya-Upanishad: First Prapathaka, Third Khanda
1. Now follows the meditation on the udgitha with reference to the gods. Let a man meditate on the udgitha (Om) as he who sends warmth (the sun in the sky). When the sun rises it sings as Udgatri…The Celtic Twilight: Dreams That Have No Moral
by W. B. Yeats The Friends of the People of FaeryBy the RoadsideDreams That Have No Moral The friend who heard about Maive and the hazel-stick went to the workhouse another day. She found…salmonellosis
(Encyclopedia) salmonellosissalmonellosissălˌmənĕlōˈsĭs [key], any of a group of infectious diseases caused by intestinal bacteria of the genus Salmonella, including typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever…pigeon
(Encyclopedia) pigeon, common name for members of the large family Columbidae, land birds, cosmopolitan in temperate and tropical regions, characterized by stout bodies, short necks, small heads, and…canning
(Encyclopedia) canning, process of hermetically sealing cooked food for future use. It is a preservation method, in which prepared food is put in glass jars or metal cans that are hermetically sealed…Thomas, Dylan
(Encyclopedia) Thomas, DylanThomas, Dylandĭlˈən [key], 1914–53, Welsh poet, b. Swansea. An extraordinarily individualistic writer, Thomas is ranked among the great 20th-century poets. He grew up in…Brewer's: Spigot
Spare at the spigot and spill at the bung. To be parsimonious in trifles and wasteful in great matters, like a man who stops his beer-tub at the vent-hole and leaves it running at the bung…Brewer's: Spindle-half
The female line. A Saxon term. The spindle was the pin on which the thread was wound from the spinning-wheel. (See Spear-Half.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Sojourn
(2 syl.) is the Italian soggiorno- i.e. sub-giorno; Latin, sub-diurnus (for a day, temporally). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894SolSoil the Milk before Using…Brewer's: Aroint thee
Get ye gone, be off. In Cheshire they say, rynt ye, witch ; and milk-maids say to their cows when they have done milking them, rynt ye. (or 'roint) my beauties; but it is doubtful whether…Trending
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