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Brewer's: Animals (Symbolical)
AnimalAttributesantfrugality and previsionapeuncleannessassstupiditybantam cockpluckiness, priggishnessbatblindnessbearill-temper, uncouthnessbeeindustrybeetleblindnessbullstrength,…symbol
(Encyclopedia) symbol, sign representing something that has an independent existence. The most important use of symbols is in language. To say so, however, does not solve the perennial philosophical…The Devil's Dictionary: Patience
by Ambrose Bierce PASTIMEPATRIOTPATIENCE -n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.patience
(Encyclopedia) patience: see solitaire.Patience
(Encyclopedia) Patience: see Pearl, The.haiku
(Encyclopedia) haiku h´koo, an unrhymed Japanese poem recording the essence of a moment keenly perceived, in which nature is linked to human nature. It usually consists of 17 jion (Japanese symbol-…Brewer's: Japanese
(3 syl.). The language of Japan, a native of Japan, anything pertaining thereto. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Japheth's StoneJa nus A B C D E F G…Japanese Words
Asian loan words in English by Ann-Marie Imbornoni Asian Loan Words IntroductionWords derived from: Chinese & KoreanJapanese Malay & TagalogPolynesianJapanese aikido, from…Brewer's: Patience cry the Lepers
A punning proverbial phrase. Lepers seek diligently the herb patience (lapathum) relieve them from their suffering. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Korematsu, Fred Toyosaburo
(Encyclopedia) Korematsu, Fred Toyosaburo, 1919–2005, Japanese-American internment protester, b. Oakland, Calif. He was a shipyard welder when, after the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor in 1942,…Trending
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