From c. 1300 as "a virgin," also as "maidservant, female attendant, lady in waiting." By c. 1500 this had yielded the humbler sense of "female servant or attendant charged with domestic duties." Often with a qualifying word (housemaid, chambermaid, etc.); maid of all work "female ser...
19-year-old college student, Madison Leasure of Hartford recently launched an online pet store that caters to dogs. Her motto is "Spoiled Puppies Shop Here." Get our free mobile app The new online store is called Mav's Market, named after Leasure's soul dog "Mav." ...
It comes from Middle Englishtext, from Old Frenchtexte(text), from Latintextus(woven, texture, structure, tissue, connection), fromtexō(to weave, knit, plait, intertwine), from Proto-Italic*teksō, from Proto-Indo-European*tḗtḱ-ti(to create, produce, cut, hew) or*teḱ-se-t...
One of the loveliest of theWelsh names, striking the perfect balance between being familiar and unusual. In Wales, the female spelling is always Bronwen, but Americans usually see a "y" as adding femininity. Origin: English from Latin
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I thought it was not worth while to inform a European that on coming to America he had left the new world behind him for the purpose of visiting the old. It ought nevertheless to be remarked, that there are many important advantages derived to our reasoning from the present manner of ...
Female Trouble(1974)– Juvenile delinquent Dawn Davenport (Divine) proves that “crime is beauty” on her way to the electric chair A Field in England(2013)– Deserters from the English Civil War eat psychedelic mushrooms and hunt for buried treasure at an alchemist’s command ...
The mucus contained in human semen is only found palatable by the male that produced it. Other people find it inedible and it is toxic for over 70% of the female population and should not be swallowed. The atomic number of the element Rutherfordium switches in a quantum manner between 135 ...
only a few pages in Bede’sEcclesiastical Historyhint at Hild’s profound influence, and the other 29 women known to have run double monasteries in Anglo-Saxon England are hardly more than names. Gibson’s goal is to commemorate them, intertwining her own imagination with copious research to ...
We understand it commenced under the improvement of a female preacher (Nancy Towle) at the east of the town; it is now progressing at the westerly part, where a number have been hopefully converted... "A powerful reformation" says the [Gospel] Luminary, "has been spreading for the sever...