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DIRECT , di·rect / diˈrekt; dī-/ • adj. extending or moving from one place to another by the shortest way without changing direction or stopping: there was no… D , D, d [Called ‘dee’]. The 4th LETTER of the Roman ALPHABET as used for English. It originated in the triangular Phoenician symbol called daleth (akin… Port , port1 / pôrt/ • n. a town or city with a harbor where ships load or unload, esp. one where customs officers are stationed. ∎ a harbor: the port has m… port (wine) , port5 red (also white) wine of Portugal. XVII. Short for †Oporto wine, later †Oporto, †Porto, prop. wine from Oporto (Pg. O Porto ‘the port’; see POR… Franz Schubert , Schubert, Franz (Seraph Peter)
Schubert, Franz (Seraph Peter) (b Vienna, 1797; d Vienna, 1828). Austrian composer. Son of impoverished schoolmaster,… decoupage , de·cou·page / ˌdākoōˈpäzh/ • n. the decoration of the surface of an object with paper cut-outs, which is then usu. varnished or lacquered.
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