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(Encyclopedia) sunburn, inflammation of the skin caused by actinic rays from the sun or artificial sources. Moderate exposure to ultraviolet radiation is followed by a red blush, but severe exposure…Brewer's: Buck-basket
A linen-basket. To buck is to wash clothes in lye; and a buck is one whose clothes are buck, or nicely got up. When Cade says his mother was “descended from the Lacies,” two men overhear…Brewer's: Exchequer
Court of Exchequer. In the subdivision of the court in the reign of Edward I., the Exchequer acquired a separate and independent position. Its special duty was to order the revenues of the…Walt Whitman: Eighteen Sixty-One
Eighteen Sixty-OneArm'd year—year of the struggle, No dainty rhymes or sentimental love verses for you terrible year, Not you as some pale poetling seated at a desk lisping cadenzas piano,…The Celtic Twilight: Mortal Help
by W. B. Yeats Belief and UnbeliefA VisionaryMortal Help One hears in the old poems of men taken away to help the gods in a battle, and Cuchullan won the goddess Fand for a while, by…2,000 Years of the Necktie: The Modern Business Suit Takes Shape
The Modern Business Suit Takes Shape by David Johnson Neckties Through the Ages Introduction210 B.C.China's First Emperor 113 A.D.Did Romans Wear Ties? 17th CenturyCroatian Cravats for the…Trademarks: A History
A history of a billion-dollar business Related Links Lost Brand Names Trademarks Trade Names Brand Names Marketing Business The first case of actual trademark…Numbers: 19
Numbers Chapter 19 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of…Numbers: 4
Numbers Chapter 4 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, November 14, 1805
Day 1006 Day 1008 Clark, November 14, 1805 November 14th Thursday 1805 rained all the last night without intermition, and this morning. wind blows verry hard but our Situation is Such that…Trending
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