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101gall — gall1 /gawl/, n. 1. impudence; effrontery. 2. bile, esp. that of an animal. 3. something bitter or severe. 4. bitterness of spirit; rancor. 5. gall and wormwood, bitterness of spirit; deep resentment. [bef. 900; ME; OE galla, gealla; c. G Galle;… …
102Phocis — /foh sis/, n. an ancient district in central Greece, N of the Gulf of Corinth: site of Delphic oracle. * * * Ancient territory, central Greece. It extended north from the Gulf of Corinth over the range of Mount Parnassus to the Locrian Mountains …
103Pepys, Samuel — born Feb. 23, 1633, London, Eng. died May 26, 1703, London English diarist and public official. Born into a humble family, Pepys was appointed about 1659 as a clerk in the office of the Exchequer, where on Jan. 1, 1660, he began the diary for… …
104biblical literature — Introduction four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha. The Old… …
105Huxley, T.H. — ▪ British biologist Introduction in full Thomas Henry Huxley born May 4, 1825, Ealing, Middlesex, Eng. died June 29, 1895, Eastbourne, Sussex English biologist, educator, and advocate of agnosticism (he coined the word). Huxley s vigorous… …
106Martignac, Jean-Baptiste-Sylvère Gay, Viscount de — ▪ French politician and historian born June 20, 1778, Bordeaux, France died April 3, 1832, Paris French politician, magistrate, and historian who, as leader of the government in 1828–29, alienated King Charles X with his moderate policy.… …
107gall — 1. SYN: bile. 2. An excoriation or erosion. 3. SYN: nutgall. [A.S. gealla] * * * gall gȯl n BILE esp bile obtained from an animal and used in the arts or medicine gall n …
108Duroia hirsuta — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) …
109Southern Victory Series — The Southern Victory Series or Timeline 191 are both fan names given to a series of Harry Turtledove alternate history novels, including How Few Remain as well as the Great War, American Empire, and Settling Accounts series. The name is derived… …
110La pluma es más poderosa que la espada — Luis XIII y Richelieu en el sitio de La Rochelle, . La pluma es más poderosa que la espada es un tópico literario acuñado por el autor inglés Edward Bulwer Lytton (The pen is mightier than the sword), como una metonimia para indicar que hace más… …
