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dumb show dumb show
dumb show a theatrical pantomime included as part of a drama, especially in Elizabethan works, from the middle of the 16th cent. well into the 17th cent. Whether presented as a spectacle, with music, or as a masque with the players as allegorical characters, the dumb show appeared as prologue,... Read more
Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero
Bredero, Gerbrand Adriaansz (1585–1618), Flemish dramatist, whose romantic plays, drawn mainly from tales of chivalry, are remarkable for the realism of the comic interludes, where characters from everyday life mingle with the more stereotyped knights and their ladies. Among them are Griana... Read more
Corbenic Corbenic
Corbenic A magic castle in the legends of King Arthur, in which it is said the Holy Grail was kept. It was guarded by two lions. Lancelot tried to enter it by his own strength, but instead of leaning on God for guidance, he was struck dumb by a fiery wind. In this state he remained for... Read more
Gallaudet University Gallaudet University
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY. Situated in Northeast Washington, D.C., Gallaudet University is "the world's only liberal arts college for the deaf," where students are taught primarily through American Sign Language. Initially called the Columbia Institute for the Instruction of the... Read more
tug tug
tug, a specially designed vessel which tows other vessels, or dumb barges, though it pushes them, too. In the West the earliest known ones were paddle-wheel boats, and among the first to use steam propulsion were two Royal Navy tugs, the Comet and Monkey. These were purchased in 1822 and were... Read more
William Bayle Bernard William Bayle Bernard
Bernard, William Bayle (1807–75), dramatist who helped popularize the stage type of the eccentric rural American. Among the 100 successful plays that he wrote were The Dumb Belle (1831); The Kentuckian; or, A Trip to New York (1833), a revision of Paulding's Lion of the West; His Last Legs... Read more
dredger dredger
dredger, a vessel fitted with mechanical means for deepening harbours or clearing the entrances to rivers by removing part of the bottom. It is mostly self-propelled but some are towed into position. The ‘hopper’ dredger is fitted with an endless chain of buckets which scoops up the... Read more
pelorus pelorus
pelorus, a circular ring fitted to the rim of a compass bowl and carrying two sighting vanes, used to take azimuths of celestial objects. The ring can be easily revolved and the compass bearing read off by sighting the vanes on the required object. Alternatively, the ring can be fitted to a... Read more
Hendrick Avercamp Hendrick Avercamp
Avercamp, Hendrick (bapt. Amsterdam, 25 Jan. 1585; bur. Kampen, 15 May 1634). Dutch painter and draughtsman, active in Kampen, the most famous exponent of the winter landscape, which he established as a distinct category in Dutch art. He was deaf and dumb and known as de Stomme van Kampen (the mute... Read more

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