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Brewer's: Clipping Pace
(A). Very fast. A clipper is a fast-sailing vessel. “Leaving Bolus Head, we scudded on at a clipping pace, and the skiff yielded so much to the breeze that Bury said we must reef the…poodle
(Encyclopedia) poodle, popular breed of dog probably originating in Germany but generally associated with France, where it has been raised for centuries. There are three varieties, differing in size…Intermediate-Level Science Projects: What Materials Make the Best Crystals?
What Materials Make the Best Crystals?Intermediate-Level Science ProjectsChemistryCan You Be a Human Battery?What Materials Make the Best Crystals? Growing crystals isn't difficult, and it makes a…Aesop's Fables: The Eagle and his Captor
by Aesop The Fox and the LionThe Blacksmith and His DogThe Eagle and his Captor A Man once caught an Eagle, and after clipping his wings turned him loose among the fowls in his hen-house,…Brewer's: Clipper
A fast-sailing ship. “We shall have to catch the Aurora, and she has a name for being a clipper.” —A. C. Doyle: The Sign of Four, chap. x. She's a clipper. Said of a stylish or beautiful…Brewer's: Cliquot
(of Punch celebrity). A nickname of Frederick William IV. of Prussia called from his fondness for champagne (1795, 1840-1861) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Hair
One single tuft is left on the shaven crown of a Mussulman, for Mahomet to grasp hold of when drawing the deceased to Paradise. “And each scalp had a single long tuft of hair.” Byron:…Part Five in a Six-Part Series
Mirror Image by Alicia Potter Source: Arttoday.com "Women come in waving Victoria's Secret catalogues or Playboy clippings and say, 'I want those breasts.' Men come in and say, 'I want to get…Anatomy and
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To truly understand breathing, it…Stephen Crane: There was a man with tongue of wood
There was a man with tongue of wood Who essayed to sing, And in truth it was lamentable. But there was one who heard The clip-clapper of this tongue of wood And knew what the man Wished to…Trending
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