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North Canadian

(Encyclopedia) North Canadian, river, 760 mi (1,223 km) long, rising in NE N.Mex., and flowing SE through Okla. to join the Canadian River in the Eufaula reservoir, E Okla. Federal dams and…

Brewer's: Cry Wolf

(See Wolf.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Crystal HillsCry Vinegar 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: Wolf Men

Giraldus Cambrensis tells us (Opera, vol. v. p. 119) that Irishmen can be “changed into wolves.” Nennius asserts that the “descendants of wolves are…

Brewer's: Wolf-month

or Wolf-monath. The Saxon name for January, because “people are wont always in that month to be in more danger of being devoured by wolves than in any…

Brewer's: Wolf's-bane

The Germans call all poisonous herbs “banes,” and the Greeks, mistaking the word for “beans,” translated it by kuamoî, as they did “hen-bane” (…

Scott Wolf Biography

Scott Wolf actorBorn: 6/4/1968Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts A graduate of George Washington University, Wolf did work at Stagehouse West in California and had recurring roles on television's…

London, Jack

(Encyclopedia) London, Jack (John Griffith London), 1876–1916, American author, b. San Francisco. The illegitimate son of William Chaney, an astrologer, and Flora Wellman, a seamstress and medium, he…

Vienna, town, United States

(Encyclopedia) Vienna, town (1990 pop. 14,852), Fairfax co., N Va., a residential suburb of Washington, D.C.; inc. 1890. There is computer software research. Originally called Springfield, Vienna…

Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth

(Encyclopedia) Schwarzkopf, ElisabethSchwarzkopf, Elisabethshwärtsˈkôpf [key], 1915–2006, German lyric soprano. After studying music in Berlin she was trained by Maria Ivogün. She sang with the…