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Amherst, town, United States
(Encyclopedia) Amherst. 1 Town (2020 pop. 39,263), Hampshire co., central Mass., in a fertile farm area; inc. 1759. Named for Lord Jeffery Amherst, it is a college town. Emily…precipitation, in meteorology
(Encyclopedia) precipitation, in meteorology, condensed moisture that falls to the surface of the earth in the form of rain, sleet, snow, hail, frost, or dew.Brewer's: Frost Saints
(See Ice Saints.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894FrothFrost 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…Muggleton, Lodowicke
(Encyclopedia) Muggleton, Lodowicke, 1609–98, English religious leader, a journeyman tailor. With his cousin John Reeve, also a tailor, he founded a new sect, whose adherents were known as…Robert Graves: The Shivering Beggar
The Shivering BeggarNear Clapham village, where fields began, Saint Edward met a beggar man. It was Christmas morning, the church bells tolled, The old man trembled for the fierce cold.Saint…Frost, Arthur Burdett
(Encyclopedia) Frost, Arthur Burdett, 1851–1928, American illustrator and cartoonist, b. Philadelphia; pupil of Thomas Eakins at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He worked chiefly in New…hygrometer
(Encyclopedia) hygrometerhygrometerhīgrŏmˈətər [key], instrument used to measure the moisture content of a gas, as in determining the relative humidity of air. The temperature at which dew or frost…growing season
(Encyclopedia) growing season, period during which plant growth takes place. In temperate climates the growing season is limited by seasonal changes in temperature and is defined as the period…dew
(Encyclopedia) dew, thin film of water that has condensed on the surface of objects near the ground. Dew forms when radiational cooling of these objects during the nighttime hours also cools the…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Bonie Peg-a-Ramsay
by Robert Burns Epigram On Mr. James GracieInscription At Friars' Carse HermitageBonie Peg-a-Ramsay Cauld is the e'enin blast, O' Boreas o'er the pool, An' dawin' it is…Trending
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