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Snow White

Snow White is a character from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (originally "Schneewittchen" or "Schneeweissen"), one of the folk tales collected and published by The Brothers Grimm in the early…

Brewer's: White as Driven Snow

(See Similes.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894White in the EyeWhite Witch A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q…

Snow-White and Rose-Red

Snow-White and Rose-Red There was once a poor widow who lived in a lonely cottage. In front of the cottage was a garden wherein stood two rose-trees, one of which bore white and the other red…

Indian pipe

(Encyclopedia) Indian pipe, common name for the genus Monotropa and for the family Monotropaceae, low flowering plants of north temperate zones. They are chlorophylless saprophytes with a funguslike…

bunting

(Encyclopedia) bunting, common name for small, plump birds of the family Fringillidae (finch family). Among the American buntings are the indigo bunting, in which the summer plumage of the male…

nutcracker

(Encyclopedia) nutcracker, common name for a small crow of the genus Nucifraga in the family Corvidae (crow family). The Old World nutcracker (N. caryocatactes) is found throughout the colder regions…

Tony Snow

Name at birth: Robert Anthony SnowTony Snow was a journalist and conservative political commentator who left his job at the FOX News Channel to become the White House press secretary for George W.…

Snow Dogs

Director:Brian LevantWriters:Jim Kouf, Tommy Swerdlow, Michael GoldbergWalt Disney Pictures; PG; 99 minutesRelease:1/02Cast:Cuba Gooding Jr., James Coburn, Joanna Bacalso Cuba Gooding Jr.…

brant

(Encyclopedia) brant or brant goose, common name for a species of wild sea goose. The American brant, Branta bernicla, breeds in the Arctic and winters along the Atlantic coast. The head, neck, and…