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Naze, the

(Encyclopedia) Naze, the, cape: see Lindesnes, Norway.

Y, the

(Encyclopedia) Y, the: see Young Men's Christian Association.

Web, the

(Encyclopedia) Web, the: see World Wide Web.

Narrows, the

(Encyclopedia) Narrows, the, strait: see New York Bay.

Sound, the

(Encyclopedia) Sound, the: see Øresund, Denmark and Sweden.

Brewer's: Pantheon

The finest is that erected in Rome by Agrippa (son-in-law of Augustus). It is circular, 150 feet in diameter, and the same in height. It is now a church, with statues of heathen gods, and…

Brewer's: Panthera

A hypothetical beast which lived in the East. Reynard affirmed that he had sent her majesty the queen a comb made of panthera bone, “more lustrous than the rainbow, more odoriferous than…

Brewer's: Double-edged Sword

Literally, a sword which cuts either way; metaphorically, an argument which makes both for and against the person employing it, or which has a double meaning. “ `Your Delphic sword,' the…

Needles, the

(Encyclopedia) Needles, the, England: see Wight, Isle of.

Lion, The

(Encyclopedia) Lion, The, English name for Leo, a constellation.

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