A balloon. “Presently a north-easterly current of wind struck the air-ship, and it began to move with great velocity upon a horizontal line.” “Max Adeler: The Captain's MS.” Source:…
A word in imitation of the sound made, as hiss, cackle, murmur, cuckoo, whip-poor-will, etc. (Max Müller.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BowdenBow-window…
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in Buddhist philosophy, is the noumenon of one's own self. Not the Ego, but the ego divested of all that is objective; the “spark of heavenly flame.” ldquo;The unseen and unperceivable,…
The first rough draft or original copy of a despatch, which is to form the basis of a treaty. (Greek, proto-koleon, a sheet glued to the front of a manuscript, and bearing an abstract of…
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