(To). In French, “Pêcher en eau troublé. ” To scramble for personal advantage in times of rebellion, revolution, or national calamity. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…
(Encyclopedia) Southern Ocean or Antarctic Ocean, name sometimes given to those parts of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans that surround Antarctica S of roughly 60°S. These waters are marked…
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(Encyclopedia) Clinch, river, c.300 mi (480 km) long, formed by the junction of two forks in SW Va., and flowing generally SW across E Tenn. to the Tennessee River at Kingston. Its waters and those…
(Encyclopedia) RaviRaviräˈvē [key], one of the five rivers of the Punjab, 475 mi (764 km) long, rising in the Himalayas, NW India, and flowing generally W into Pakistan, past Lahore, to join the…
(Encyclopedia) Agua Azul, series of waterfalls and pools on the Xanil River in Chiapas state, S Mexico, SW of Palenque in the Cascadas de Agua Azul Natural Park. The waters of the Agua Azul are noted…
(Encyclopedia) mineral water, spring water containing various mineral salts, especially the carbonates, chlorides, phosphates, silicates, sulfides, and sulfates of calcium, iron, lithium, magnesium,…
(Encyclopedia) Bohun, Humphrey VII de, 3d earl of Hereford and 2d earl of Essex, d. 1298, English nobleman. He was constable of England and with Roger Bigod, earl of Norfolk, led the baronial…
