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Maxine Waters Biography
Maxine Waters U.S. congresswomanBorn: 1938Birthplace: St. Louis, Mo. Waters has been a member of Congress since 1991. The fifth of 13 children, Waters began working as a bus girl in a…The Chemistry of Biology: Water
WaterThe Chemistry of BiologyIntroductionAtomic TheoryChemical Reactions: Ionic, Covalent, and Polar Covalent BondsWaterOrganic ChemistryCarbohydratesLipidsProteinsNucleic AcidsVitamins and Minerals…Brewer's: Dancing-water
(The), which beautifies ladies, makes them young again, and enriches them. It fell in a cascade in the Burning Forest, and could only be reached by an underground passage. Prince Chery…Brewer's: Conscious Water
The conscious water saw its God, and blushed (Nympha pudica Deum vidit, et erubuit). Crashaw's epigram on the miracle of Cana in Galilee. “The modest water” would be a closer rendering…Brewer's: Dead Water
The eddy-water closing in with the ship's stern, as she passes through the water. It shifts its place, but is like taking money from one pocket and putting it into another. Source:…Brewer's: Surfeit Water
Cordial water to cure surfeits. “Water that cures surfeits. A little cold distilled poppywater is the true surfeit water.” —Locke. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Rag-water
Whisky. (Thieves? jargon.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Rags of AntisthenesRag 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…Brewer's: Running Water
No enchantment can subsist in a living stream; if, therefore, a person can interpose a brook betwixt himself and the witches, sprites, or goblins chasing him, he is in perfect safety.…Brewer's: Seidlitz Water
Natural mineral water from a spring in the village of Seidlitz, in Bohemia. (See Seltzer.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894SeiksSeian Horse A B C D E F…Brewer's: Seltzer Water
A corruption of Selters Water; so called from the Lower Selters, near Limburg (Nassau). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Semiramis of the NorthSelling the…Trending
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