" from Proto-Germanic *althaz "grown up, adult" (source also of Old Frisian ald, Gothic alþeis, Dutch oud, German alt), originally a past-participle stem of a verb meaning "grow, nourish" (compare Gothic alan "to grow up," Old Norse ala "to nourish"), from PIE root *al- (...
Faust's Statue, below Dutch Church, State street. A REVEALED KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROPHECIES AND TIMES. BOOK THE FIRST. Wrote under the Direction of THE LORD GOD, Note 1: The British (Canadian) "prophet," Richard Brothers, was a topic of interest in both the United Kingdom and North ...
It hath borne the Nation through various toils, until its deliverance is complete: The names of different performers have been but as the names of the different classes of labours, The machine empties its full contents in the present state of complete national emancipation. All parties having bor...
Well, I’ll let you decide… In the unlikely event that you want to send one of these to somebody, you can save the files (I think right-click and save should work), pull them into your device’s free image editing software, and type names in the To and From fields. Just don’...
An Old Town By The Sea by Thomas Bailey Aldrich PISCATAQUA RIVER Thou singest by the gleaming isles, By woods, and fields of corn, Thou singest, and the sunlight smiles Upon my birthday morn. But I within a city, I, So full of vague unrest, Would almost
Etymology: from Latinnumerus(number, collection, quantity, time, rhythm) [source], from Proto-Italic*nomezos, from PIE*nem-(to distribute give, take). Words from the same rooteconomic,numbandnumber,numeralin English,nemen(to take, grasp, grab) in Dutch,nehmen(to take, hold, grasp), and...
Knife (n.) An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different forms and names for different uses; as, table knife, drawing knife, putty knife, pallet knife, pocketknife, penknife, chopping knife, et...
Tap dancing was derived from the habits Dutch plumbers who would tie taps to their shoes as a safety measure. They often worked in cramped conditions with poor visibility and the clacking noise of the taps alerted other workers to their presence. In a hurry to get to a dance one night, ...
one Old English word for gravel wasċeosol[ˈtʃeo.sol], which comes from Proto-West-Germanic*kesul(small stone, pebble). This becamechiselandchessil(gravel or pebbles) in modern English, and is cognate withKiesel(pebble) in German,kiezel(pebble, flint, silicon) in Dutch, andkisel(...
one Old English word for gravel wasċeosol[ˈtʃeo.sol], which comes from Proto-West-Germanic*kesul(small stone, pebble). This becamechiselandchessil(gravel or pebbles) in modern English, and is cognate withKiesel(pebble) in German,kiezel(pebble, flint, silicon) in Dutch, andkisel(...