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Brewer's: Salary
The salt rations. The Romans served out rations of salt and other necessaries to their soldiers and civil servants. The rations altogether were called by the general name of salt, and when…Brewer's: Gnomes
(1 syl.), according to the Rosicrucian system, are the elemental spirits of earth, and the guardians of mines and quarries. (Greek, gnoma knowledge, meaning the knowing ones, the wise ones…Brewer's: Gerrymander
(g hard). So to divide a county or nation into representative districts as to give one special political party undue advantage over others. The word is derived from Elbridge Gerry, who…Brewer's: Salad Days
Days of inexperience, when persons are very green. My salad days. When I was green in judgment. Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra, i. 5. A pen'orth of salad oil. A strapping; a…The Devil's Dictionary: Sarcophagus
by Ambrose Bierce SALAMANDERSATANSARCOPHAGUS -n. Among the Greeks a coffin which being made of a certain kind of carnivorous stone, had the peculiar property of devouring the body placed in…The Devil's Dictionary: Salacity
by Ambrose Bierce SAINTSALAMANDERSALACITY -n. A certain literary quality frequently observed in popular novels, especially in those written by women and young girls, who give it another…The Devil's Dictionary: Sylph
by Ambrose Bierce SYLLOGISMSYMBOLSYLPH -n. An immaterial but visible being that inhabited the air when the air was an element and before it was fatally polluted with factory smoke, sewer…Vertebrates
Fish breathe through gills, and live in water; most are cold-blooded and lay eggs (although sharks give birth to live young).Amphibians are cold-blooded and live both on land (breathing with…Gerry, Elbridge
(Encyclopedia) Gerry, ElbridgeGerry, Elbridgegĕrˈē [key], 1744–1814, American statesman, Vice President of the United States, b. Marblehead, Mass. He was elected (1772) to the Massachusetts General…Invertebrates
Vertebrates and Invertebrates Warm-blooded animals regulate their own body temperatures; their bodies use energy to maintain a constant temperature. Cold-blooded animals depend on their…Trending
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