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still
still term applied to the apparatus used in distillation , referring either to the flask in which a liquid to be distilled is evaporated, or to other pieces of equipment, or to the entire apparatus.... Read more |
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conversation piece
conversation piece. A portrait showing two or more full-length figures engaged in conversation or other polite social activity, generally in a domestic or landscape setting. Conversation pieces are usually, though not always, fairly small in size. They were especially popular in Britain during the... Read more |
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Pieces of Eight
PIECES OF EIGHT PIECES OF EIGHT, Spanish silver coins of eight reals (eight bits), first authorized in 1497. Also known as pesos and Spanish dollars, they were minted in enormous quantities and soon became recognized as a reliable medium of exchange in the European colonies of North America.... Read more |
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stained glass
stained glass in general, windows made of colored glass. To a large extent, the name is a misnomer, for staining is only one of the methods of coloring employed, and the best medieval glass made little use of it. Background Colored glass as window decoration is of great antiquity in East Asia.... Read more |
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Bees
Bees It was maintained by certain demonologists that if a sorceress ate a queen bee before being captured, she would be able to sustain her trial and tortures without making a confession. In some parts of Brittany it was claimed that these insects were very sensitive to the fortunes and misfortunes... Read more |
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opus sectile
opus sectile (Latin: ‘cut work’). An inlaid design made of pieces of marble that are individually shaped to fit the pattern or picture, as distinct from mosaic, where the design is built up from countless small pieces (tesserae) of stone or glass. It is a rarer and more luxurious art... Read more |
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Trivia
Trivia name by which John Gay invoked a ‘goddess of the highways’ in his poem Trivia, or the Art of Walking the Streets of London (1716), from Latin trivium ‘place where three roads meet’.The modern word trivia ‘details, considerations, or pieces of information... Read more |
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Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin
Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin 1862-1901, American pianist and composer, b. Edgeworth, Pa., studied in Boston and in Germany. He made his debut as a pianist in Pittsburgh in 1886 but devoted most of his time to composition of songs and short, lyrical pieces. One song, The Rosary (1898), enjoyed great... Read more |
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carpentry
carpentry. 1. The trade of selecting, cutting, and joining timber for structural purposes. 2. Timber-work constructed by a carpenter: an assemblage of pieces of wood connected by means of joints, etc. It is distinct from joinery.... Read more |
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Checkers
checkers game for two players, known in England as draughts. It is played on a square board, divided into 64 alternately colored—usually red and black or white and black—square spaces, identical with a chessboard. Each player is provided with 12 pieces (in the form of disks) of his own... Read more |
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Heaven on earth.
...lingering reputation in Australia as a nasty, sarky piece of British colonialist spite - Bondi Dreams...that prevented affluence was Bondi's little problem with effluence. The local sewage...other Sydney suburbs such as Avalon for less money than it would cost in Bondi. But... |
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Let's zip up the unreadable trash
...If Dame Stella's nuclear riposte to a handful of sarky comment pieces about her shortlist by literary journalists is any guide...early November. This swift re-match suggests that at least someone at the High Court values local libraries. In... |
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Hours not to reason why with time piece
...mood evaporates once Amanda Seyfried enters the fray as a poor little rich girl. Cue much running in high heels and general ridiculousness...patchy at the end, the humour rarely loses a beat, ranging from sarky to out-and-out silly. Adding to the fun is Eddie Murphy... |
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Election '97: THE CANDIDATE
...children - this vision of little bearded men had put him...everyone now knew him as Sarky. Everyone but himself...getting it. But, thought Sarky, there was surely a difference...pleasure that was eluding Sarky. Masochism, even his...judgement? Was this simply a piece of necessary election... |
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NEW RELEASES
...Benda Bilili. The slower pieces, notably the waltz Sala...latter for black men to be less passive victims of the...grab for something a little more teen-pop-conscious...are both slicker and less memorable than one would...Lowe should offer the sarky interjection, Whod you...favour of 30 ... |
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Culture industry
...argument. He'll start writing a piece about "cultural betrayal...butterfly-style). His pieces about The Streets, Metallica...ll redeem himself with some sarky little quip ("I guess we're lucky...still buy this book for one piece alone. It's called "That... |
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Sadly, we're unable to produce a decent political novelist `TheAmericans have...
...novel: overlong and a bit too fond of sarky dialogue. On the other hand, you have...reason, though, this tradition is more or less extinct. The majority of political novels...century have tended either to be glancing pieces of satire, or stodgy popular works by...s The Red White and Blue - a hulking ... |
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The call of the weird
...Time Team, but then I read a piece in which Graham described it...it's... not- dug up a piece of wood, cue lots of predictable...Scientists are a rich, if little-known, seam of comedy: what...Dr Alex Beenyman, is affably sarky. But his chocolateloving professor... |
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How the west was fun
...off proceedings with a little something from Proverbs...True Grit. Although little is seen of him, his...dangerous and unknown - at least to her - territory...several electrifying set pieces, punctuated by some...the tension when you least expect it. There is...has a nice way with a ... |
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Film Review : Film of the Week : Larry Crowne : *** : Accentuate the positive
...Larry's public speaking teacher, a sarky burnout who is fond of a margarita...can reprogramme sat navs. In this little piece of America, it seems, beautiful...out to be this year's triumphant piece of summer counter-programming... |
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