Child's+bed
101Traditional Mongolian medicine — developed over many years among the Mongolian people. Many Mongolian doctors ( emchis ) became so adept that they became well known in Tibet and China. History The Mongols developed their system of medicine according to their own culture and… …
102Harald Hirschsprung — (14 December 1830 ndash; 11 April 1916) was a Danish physician who first described Hirschsprung s disease in 1886.Life and medical careerHarald Hirschsprung was a native of Copenhagen.Hirschsprung, an intelligent student in high school, chose to… …
103crib — /krib/, n., v., cribbed, cribbing. n. 1. a child s bed with enclosed sides. 2. a stall or pen for cattle. 3. a rack or manger for fodder, as in a stable or barn. 4. a bin for storing grain, salt, etc. 5. Informal. a. a translation, list of… …
104half-asleep — adjective Showing signs of being asleep or very sleepy, as not demonstrating full energy or attention. He gently lifted the half asleep child into bed …
105Marcus Söderlund — is a Swedish music video, commercial and documentary director. He has directed music videos for several Swedish artists such as The Tough Alliance, jj, Fibes, Oh Fibes! and Miike Snow, but has also worked with international artists such as The xx …
106crib — I Canadian Slang One s own dwelling place (house, apartment, etc.) II Kiwi (New Zealand Slang) small holiday home III North Country (Newcastle) Words a child s bed …
107cottage — [14] The Old English words for a small house or hut were cot and cote, both of which survive – just: cot as an archaic term for ‘cottage’ and cote in dovecote and sheepcote. (Cot ‘child’s bed’ [17], incidentally, is of Hindi origin.) They both… …
108crib — [OE] Crib is a Germanic word, with relatives today in German (krippe) and Dutch (kribbe). In Old English it meant ‘manger’, and not until the 17th century did it develop its familiar presentday sense ‘child’s bed’. An intermediate stage, now lost …
109crib — O.E. cribbe manger, fodder bin in cowsheds and fields, from a W.Gmc. root (Cf. O.S. kribbia manger; O.Fris., M.Du. kribbe; O.H.G. krippa, Ger. Krippe crib, manger ) probably related to Ger. krebe basket. Meaning child s bed with barred sides is… …
110tuck (someone) up — vb British a. to defeat, capture b. to confound, dupe This all purpose phrase is in London work ing class usage, particularly amongst criminals and the police. The image is that of putting a helpless child to bed …
