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(Encyclopedia) heaves, chronic pulmonary emphysema in horses. Heaves is characterized by the disruption of normal lung tissue with resultant loss of the lung's elastic recoil. A forced expiratory…Lehmann, John
(Encyclopedia) Lehmann, JohnLehmann, Johnlāˈmən [key], 1907–89, English poet, editor, and publisher. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he began working at Virginia and Leonard Woolf's Hogarth…Brewer's: Dusty
Well, it is none so dusty, or Not so dusty. I don't call it bad; rather smart. Here dusty is the opposite of neat, and neat = spruce. “None so dusty” or “Not so dusty” means therefore, Not…Dusty Springfield
Name at birth: Mary O'BrienMary O'Brien began singing with a group called The Lana Sisters, then formed the Springfields with her brother. They had a few hits in the U.K., but in 1963 she embarked…Brewer's: Dusty-foot
(See Pie Poudre.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894DutchDusty 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…Dusty Springfield Biography
Dusty Springfield(Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien)Born: 4/16/1939Birthplace: Hampstead, London, England soulful British singer whose hits included '60s songs “Son of a Preacher Man”…Brewer's: Answer
is the Old English and-swaru, verb and swar-ian or swerian, where And is the preposition = the Latin re in re-spond-eo. (See Swear.) To answer like a Norman , that is, evasively. “We say…anagram
(Encyclopedia) anagram [Gr.,=something read backward], rearrangement of the letters of a word or words to make another word or other words. A famous Latin anagram was an answer made out of a question…Dusty Springfield 1999 Deaths
Dusty Springfield(Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien)Age: 59 soulful British singer whose hits included '60s songs “Son of a Preacher Man” and “Wishin' and Hopin'.” She was honored by…Poems: Earth's Answer
by WilliamBlakeIntroductionThe Clod and the PebbleEarth's Answer Earth raised up her head From the darkness dread and drear, Her light fled, Stony, dread, And her locks covered with…