(sea term). To cover with pitch. (Latin, picare, to cover with pitch.) Here's the devil to pay, and no pitch hot. (See under Devil.) Pay (To). To discharge a debt. (French, payer.)…
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(Encyclopedia) pepper, name for the fruits of several unrelated Old and New World plants used as spices or vegetables or in medicine.
True pepper is classified in the division Magnoliophyta,…
Some fictional characters have had more impact on the world than real people. Allan Lazar, Dan Karlan, and Jeremy Salter set about ranking the “characters of myth, legends, television, and movies […
Mother of Charlemagne, and great granddaughter of Charles Martel; so called because she had a club-foot. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BertoldeBerthas A…
This, like Maggie Lauder, is a scurrilous song, in the time of the Reformation, on the doctrines of the Catholic Church and the Catholic clergy. (See “John Anderson, my Jo.”) Source:…
The 1942 Academy Awards were presented March 4, 1943 at Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles.Outstanding Motion PictureThe Invaders (Ortus; Columbia)Kings Row (Warner Bros.)The Magnificent…
The Vocal Group Hall of Fame was originally organized in 1998. It has a museum and theater in Sharon, Pa. and plans annexes in Las Vegas and Wildwood, N.J.Abba (2002) Alabama (2004) The…
Archbishop of Mainz, according to tradition, was devoured by mice. The story says that in 970 there was a great famine in Germany, and Hatto, that there might be better store for the rich…
(Encyclopedia) grebegrebegrēb [key], common name for swimming birds found on or near quiet waters in most parts of the world. Grebes resemble the loon and the duck; they have short wings, vestigial…
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