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Christina Rossetti: By the Waters of Babylon
By the Waters of BabylonB.C. 570October 1866Here where I dwell I waste to skin and bone; The curse is come upon me, and I waste In penal torment powerless to atone. The curse is come on…Harriet Monroe: The Water Ouzel
The Water OuzelHarriet MonroeLittle brown surf-bather of the mountains! Spirit of foam, lover of cataracts, shaking your wings in falling waters! Have you no fear of the roar and rush when…A Boy's Will: Going for Water
by Robert Frost MowingRevelationGoing for Water THE well was dry beside the door, And so we went with pail and can Across the fields behind the house To seek the brook if still it…The Devil's Dictionary: Rice-water
by Ambrose Bierce RIBROASTERRICHRICE-WATER -n. A mystic beverage secretly used by our most popular novelists and poets to regulate the imagination and narcotize the conscience. It is said…Behavior and Structure of Water Molecules
This video demonstrates the behavior of water molecules under different circumstances that affect their structure and molecular bonds. A glass of water is poured through a paper towel into a second…Brewer's: Court Holy Water
Fair speeches, which look like promises of favour, but end in nothing. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Court PlasterCourt Fools A B C D E F G H I…Brewer's: Cold Water Ordeal
An ancient method of testing the guilt or innocence of the common sort of people. The accused, being tied under the arms, was thrown into a river. If he sank to the bottom, he was held to…Brewer's: Nob of the First Water
(A). A mighty boss; a grand panjandrum (q.v.). First water refers to diamonds. (See Diamonds.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Nobs and SnobsNob A B C D…Brewer's: Oil on Troubled Waters
To pour oil on troubled waters, as a figure of speech, means to soothe the troubled spirit. “A soft answer turneth away wrath.” As a physical fact, Professor Horsford, by emptying a vial…Brewer's: White Water-lotus
[Pe-lien-kaou]. A secret society which greatly disturbed the empire of China in the reign of Kea King. (1796-1820.) Source: Dictionary of…Trending
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