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(Encyclopedia) Paris green, also called Schweinfurt green, an extremely poisonous, bright green powder that was formerly used extensively as a pigment (e.g., in wallpaper) and that is sometimes used…Bowling Green
(Encyclopedia) Bowling Green. 1 City (2020 pop. 181,616), seat of Warren co., S Ky., on the Barren River; inc. 1812. It is a shipping and marketing…Bethnal Green
(Encyclopedia) Bethnal Green: see Tower Hamlets.Brewer's: Salt Lake
It has been stated that three buckets of this water will yield one of solid salt. This cannot be true, as water will not hold in solution more than twenty-five per cent. of saline matter.…Brewer's: Asphaltic Lake
The Dead Sea, where asphalt abounds both on the surface of the water and on the banks. Asphalt is a bitumen. (From the Greek asphaltos.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Lady of the Lake
Vivien, mistress of Merlin, the enchanter, who lived in the midst of an imaginary lake, surrounded by knights and damsels. Tennyson, in the Idylls of the King, tells the story of Vivien…Brewer's: Lake School
(The). The school of poetry introduced by the Lake poets Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey, who resided in the Lake district of Cumberland and Westmoreland, and sought inspiration in the…Brewer's: Idle Lake
The lake on which Phædria or Wantonness cruised in her gondola. It led to Wandering Island. (Spenser: Faërie Queene, book ii.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…The Deepest Lake in the World
The Question: What is the deepest lake-man-made or natural-in the world? The Answer: The deepest lake in the world is Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. It is a natural lake that is 5,712 feet (1…Lake Placid (Film)
Director:Steve MinerWriter:David E. Kelley20th Century Fox; 88 minutes; RRelease:7/99Cast:Bridget Fonda, Bill Pullman, Brendan Gleeson, Betty White, Oliver Platt Lake Placid teaches us that…Trending
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