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Rough Riders

(Encyclopedia) Rough Riders, popular name for the 1st Regiment of U.S. Cavalry Volunteers, organized largely by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War (1898). Its members were mostly ranchers…

Brewer's: Blood

Family descent. “And hath made of one blood all nations of men.”- Acts xvii. 26. Blood thicker than water. Relationship has a claim which is generally acknowledged. It is better to seek…

Blood Types

Not all blood is the same Human blood is grouped into four types: A, B, AB, and O. Each letter refers to a kind of antigen, or protein, on the surface of red blood cells. For example, the surface…

Blood and Wine

Director: Bob RafelsonWriters: Nick Villiers and Alison CrossDirector of Photography:Newton Thomas SigelEditor:Steven CohenMusic:Michal LorencProduction Designer:Richard SylbertProducer:…

Brewer's: Blood of the Grograms

(The ). Taffety gentility; make-believe aristocratic blood. Grogram is a coarse silk taffety stiffened with gum (French, grosgrain). “Our first tragedian was always boasting of his being `…

Brewer's: Blood-guiltiness

The guilt of murder. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Blood-horseBlood A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…

Brewer's: Blood-horse

(A). A thorough-bred. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BloodhoundBlood-guiltiness A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z…

Brewer's: Blood Money

Money paid to a person for giving such evidence as shall lead to the conviction of another; money paid to the next of kin to induce him to forego his “right” of seeking blood for blood;…

Brewer's: Blood Relation

(A ). One in direct descent from the same father or mother; one of the same family stock. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Blood-thirstyBlood Money A B C D…