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Brewer's: White Rose

The House of York, whose emblem it was. The White Rose. Cardinal de la Pole. (1500-1558.) White Rose of England. So Perkin Warbeck or Osbeck…

(Encyclopedia) rhearhearēˈə [key], common name for a South American bird of the family Rheidae, which is related to the ostrich. Weighing from 44 to 55 lb (20–25 kg) and standing up to 60 in. (152 cm…

gypsy moth

(Encyclopedia) gypsy moth, common name for a moth, Lymantria dispar, of the tussock moth family, native to Europe and Asia. Its caterpillars, or larvae, defoliate deciduous and evergreen trees and…

Byron (Whizzer) White

Byron (Whizzer) WhiteBorn: June 8, 1917Football All-America HB at Colorado (1937); signed with Pittsburgh in 1938 for the then largest contract in pro history ($15,800); took Rhodes…

Brewer's: White Czar

(The ). Strictly speaking means the Czar of Muscovy; the King of Muscovy was called the White King from the white robes which he wore. The King of…

Brewer's: White Friars

The Carmelites. So called because they dressed in white. Whitefriars, London. So called from a monastery of White Friars which formerly stood in Water…

Brewer's: White Harvest

(A ). A late harvest, when the ground is white of a morning with hoarfrost. The harvest of 1891 was a white harvest. Source: Dictionary of…

Brewer's: White House

The presidential mansion in the United States. It is a building of freestone, painted white, at Washington. Figuratively, it means the Presidency; as…