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Brewer's: Field Pieces
Small cannon carried into the field with an army. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Field WorksField Officer A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q…Brewer's: Mantel-piece
(A). A shelf over a fire-place, originally used for drying clothes. “Around the spacious cupola, over the Italian fire-places, is a ledge to which are affixed pegs, on which postillions…Argentina Department of State Background
U.S. Department of State Background Note Argentina Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Argentine Relations PEOPLE Argentines are a fusion of…Beer, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia) BeerBeerbēˈər [key], in the Bible. 1 Unidentified place, to which Gideon's son Jotham fled. 2 Unidentified place, E of the Dead Sea between the Arnon and the Jordan, where Israel…Bermejo
(Encyclopedia) BermejoBermejobərmāˈhō [key], river, c.650 mi (1,050 km) long, rising in N central Argentina, flowing SE along the border with Bolivia and through N Argentina to Pilar, Paraguay.…Daphne, in Greek mythology
(Encyclopedia) DaphneDaphnedăfˈnē [key], in Greek mythology, a nymph. She was loved by Apollo and by Leucippus, a mortal who disguised himself as a nymph to be near her. When Leucippus betrayed his…Seth, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia) Seth, in the Bible, son of Adam and Eve, father of Enosh. In the chronology in the Gospel of St. Luke, Seth is an ancestor of Jesus. The Nag Hammadi codices preserve revelatory…mobile, in art
(Encyclopedia) mobilemobilemōˈbēl [key], a type of moving sculptural artwork developed by Alexander Calder in 1932 and named by Marcel Duchamp. Often constructed of colored metal pieces connected by…fatigue, in engineering
(Encyclopedia) fatigue, in engineering, microscopic cracking of materials, especially metals, after repeated applications of stress. Fissures may be formed within pieces of metal during their…May-Day and Other Pieces
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