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Brewer's: Rubber of Whist

(A). A game of cards called “whilst.” “Rubber” is transferred from bowls, in which the collision of two balls is a rubber, because they rub against each other. Source: Dictionary of…

Brewer's: Palimpsest

A parchment on which the original writing has been effaced, and something else has been written. (Greek, palin, again; psao, I rub or efface.) When parchment was not supplied in sufficient…

Poem: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

Poem 12 Poem 14 The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock S'io credesse che mia risposta fosse A persona che mai tornasse al mondo, Questa fiamma staria senza piu scosse. Ma perciocche…

Poems: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

by T. S. Eliot Sweeney Among the NightingalesPortrait of a LadyThe Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock S'io credesse che mia risposta fosse A persona che mai tornasse al mondo, Questa…

Brewer's: Scrape

I've got into a sad scrape a great difficulty We use rub, squeeze, pinch, and scrape to express the same idea. Thus Shakespeare says, “Ay, there's the rub” (difficulty); “I have got into…

Brewer's: Ruach

The Isle of Winds, visited by Pantagruel and his fleet on their way to the Oracle of the Holy Bottle, is the isle of windy hopes and unmeaning flattery. The people of this island live on…

Advanced-Level Science Projects: Biology

BiologyAdvanced-Level Science ProjectsBiologyDo Plants Sweat Like People Do?What Types of Bacteria Are Found in Your House? Is the DNA of a Cow Different from a Chicken's? In This Section…

Tobit: 11

Tobit Chapter 11 1 After these things Tobias went his way, praising God that he had given him a prosperous journey, and blessed Raguel and Edna his wife, and went on his way till…