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mead•They sat often at theirsewing,discussingmeadandmedicinesand men.•Exceptthat he atevenisonandroastlamb, and drankmilklacedwith honey, or hotmeadfragrantwithherbs.•Thesweetwater wasstrained, and used to makemead.•Thetributeoftearswas the good man'smead.•Not another word was spoken,...
In terms of composition,amethystis a type of silica mineral quartz. Its vibrant purple coloring can be attributed to the presence of iron oxide. But the origin of the word indicates that it was once beloved for very different reasons than its purple color. ...
Junior definition: younger (designating the younger of two men bearing the same full name, as a son named after his father; often written as Jr. or jr. following the name). See examples of JUNIOR used in a sentence.
spiritually only "half there." He needed the addition of God's Spirit to unite with his spirit, begetting him as a child of God--uniting him with God--ultimately enabling him to be born into the very GOD FAMILY (Armstrong HW.Mystery of the Ages.Dodd Mead, 1985, pp. 104-105, 109)...
directorship of the Museum of Magic and Witchcraft at Castletown, Isle of Man, brings me a great deal of correspondence from all parts of the world; some interesting, some abusive (a very little, just enough to enliven matters), some fantastic, and some funny in all senses of the word....
Oak (n.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recogniz...
This article offers a critical response to the discussion in Carina Rasse and Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr. article in JLS 50(1) entitled , Metaphorical Thinking in Our Literary Experiences of J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye”. My paper reconsiders how
One morning inJanuary this year, I woke up, fumbled for my phone and laid eyes on the feminist event of the decade. From the cold grey streets, a pink woolly-hatted mass appeared on my screen: an expression of female solidarity for the age of Instagram. As I scrolled blearily through...