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Dee, rivers, Scotland

(Encyclopedia) Dee. 1 River, c.90 mi (140 km) long, rising in the Cairngorms, Aberdeenshire, E Scotland, and flowing E past Ballater to the North Sea through an artificial channel at Aberdeen. The…

Dee, John

(Encyclopedia) Dee, John, 1527–1608, English mathematician and occultist. He was educated at Cambridge. Accused of practicing sorcery against Queen Mary I, he was acquitted and later was a favorite…

Pee Dee

(Encyclopedia) Pee Dee or Great Pee Dee, river, c.435 mi (700 km) long, rising in the Blue Ridge, W N.C., and flowing NE then SE to Winyah Bay, S.C. It is called the Yadkin until it is joined by the…

Dee, river, Wales

(Encyclopedia) Dee, Welsh Dyfrdwy, river, c.70 mi (110 km) long, rising in the Cambrian Mts., Gwynedd, NW Wales, and flowing NE through Llyn Tegid (Bala Lake), then meandering through a picturesque…

Dee Dee Ramone 2002 Deaths

Dee Dee Ramone(Douglas Colvin)Age: 50 punk rocker who played bass and wrote songs for the Ramones. Died: Los Angeles, June 5, 2002R - ZTony Razzano

Yadkin

(Encyclopedia) Yadkin, river, N.C.: see Pee Dee, river.

Hoylake

(Encyclopedia) Hoylake, town, Wirral metropolitan district, NW England, on the Wirral peninsula at the mouth of the Dee River. Located in the Greater…

Dee, Frances

actressBirthplace: Los AngelesBorn: 11/26/07Died: March 2004

Brewer's: Dee

—i.e. D for a detective. Look sharp! the dees are about. Dee (Dr. John). A man of vast knowledge, whose library, museum, and mathematical instruments were valued at pound £2,000. On one…

Brewer's: Dees

(The). (See above Dee.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Deev-BinderDeerslayer 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…