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Brewer's: White Sheep

[Ak-koin-loo]. A tribe of Turkomans, so called from their standards. The Sophivean dynasty of Persia was founded by one of this tribe.…

Brewer's: White Squall

One which produces no diminution of light, in contradistinction to a black squall, in which the clouds are black and heavy. Source:…

Brewer's: White Tincture

That preparation which the alchemists believed would convert any baser metal into silver. It is also called the Stone of the Second Order, the Little…

Brewer's: White Company

(The). “Le Blanche Compagnie. ” A band of French cutthroats organised by Bertrand du Guesclin and led against Pedro the Cruel. “Se faisoient…

Brewer's: White Lies

A conventional lie, such as telling a caller that Mrs. A. or Mrs. B. is not at home, meaning not “at home” to that particular caller. It is…

Brewer's: White Moon

(Knight of the). Sampson Carrasco assumed this character and device, in order to induce Don Quixote to abandon knight errantry, and return home. The…

protective coloration

(Encyclopedia) protective coloration, coloration or color pattern of an animal that affords it protection from observation either by its predators or by its prey. The most widespread form of…

champagne, sparkling white wine

(Encyclopedia) champagnechampagneshămpānˈ [key], sparkling white wine made from grapes grown in the old French province of Champagne. The best champagne is from that part of the Marne valley whose…

Ozarks, the

(Encyclopedia) Ozarks, the, or Ozark Plateau, upland region, actually a dissected plateau, c.50,000 sq mi (129,500 sq km), chiefly in S Mo. and N Ark., but partly in Oklahoma and Kansas, between the…

lemur

(Encyclopedia) lemurlemurlēˈmər [key], name for prosimians, or lower primates, of two related families, found only on Madagascar and adjacent islands. Lemurs have monkeylike bodies and limbs, and…

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