|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries: |
Research categories | Follow us on Twitter |
Research categories
View all topics in the newsView all reference sources at Encyclopedia.com |
|||
|
course
... Read more |
|
clean slate
clean slate, originally a log-slate, on which the courses steered by a ship and the distances run as indicated on a log were written in chalk during the course of a watch. At the end of the watch, the information on the slate was entered in the deck-log and the slate wiped clean so that the officer... Read more |
|
Birog
Birog A Druidess in ancient Irish legend. The Fomorian king Balor had a beautiful daughter named Ethlinn whom he kept imprisoned because of a Druidic prophecy that he would be slain by his grandson. Balor had stolen a magical cow from three brothers, Kian, Sawan, and Goban. Through the magical... Read more |
|
automatic pilot
automatic pilot, a device fitted to ships by which they are held on any desired course without the need of anyone on the steering wheel. Any variation from the set course automatically supplies power to the steering engine so that the helm is put over and the vessel brought back to its correct... Read more |
|
herring-bone
herring-bone. Bricks, stones, tiles, or wood-blocks laid aslant in alternate rows or courses at 45° to the general direction of the course or row, and at 90° to the adjoining courses or rows, thus each course or row slopes in a different direction to those on either side or above and... Read more |
|
Foundation for A Course in Miracles
Foundation for A Course in Miracles The Foundation for A Course in Miracles is a study and re-treat center established in 1982 by cofounders Kenneth Wapnick and his wife, Gloria Wapnick. Wapnick, a clinical psycholo-gist, was a close friend and associate of Helen Schucman and William Tetford, ... Read more |
|
Holder in Due Course
HOLDER IN DUE COURSE An individual who takes a commercial paper for value, in good faith, with the belief that it is valid, with no knowledge of any defects. The uniform commercial code (UCC) defines a holder in due course as one who takes an instrument for value in good faith absent any notice... Read more |
|
Workshops (Educational programs)
47 Workshop (Cambridge, Massachusetts). An outgrowth of Professor George Pierce Baker's course at Harvard in playwriting (the course was listed as English 47), it offered his students a chance to produce their plays, although without academic credit. The course had been started in 1905 and the... Read more |
|
Arbitrary
ARBITRARY Irrational; capricious. The term arbitrary describes a course of action or a decision that is not based on reason or judgment but on personal will or discretion without regard to rules or standards. An arbitrary decision is one made without regard for the facts and circumstances... Read more |
|
leeway
leeway, the distance a ship is set down to leeward of its course by the action of wind or tide. A vessel can make a lot of leeway if a strong cross tide is running or if its keel is not long enough or deep enough to hold it up to the wind. The word also has a colloquial meaning as having fallen... Read more |
|
|
FILM REVIEW: Plodding 'Legend of Bagger Vance' runs a sappy course
...narrates The Legend of Bagger...on a golf course. The question...life in his films. Fly-fishing...in A River Runs Through It...Legend of Bagger Vance attempts to...look at, ... |