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The Journals of Lewis & Clark: August 16, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark August 15, 1806August 17, 1806August 16, 1806 Friday 16th August 1806 a cool morning. Sent up Sergt. Pryor to the mandan village, for Some Corn…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: June 24, 1805
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark June 23, 1805June 25, 1805June 24, 1805 Monday June 24th 1805. Supposing that Drewyer and R. Fields might possibly be still higher up medicine…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: May 26, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark May 25, 1806May 27, 1806May 26, 1806 Monday May 26th 1806. Had frequent showers in the course of the last night. Collins, Shannon and Colter set…Geology of the Grand Canyon: Base Levels Of Erosion.
BASE LEVELS OF EROSION.In his popular narrative of Explorations of the Colorado River, Powell has employed the above term to give precision to an idea which is of much importance in physical…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, April 12, 1806
Day 1319 Day 1321 Clark, April 12, 1806 Saturday April 12th 1806. rained the greater part of the last night and this morning untile 10 A.M. we employed all hands in attempting to take up…Brewer's: Haversack
Strictly speaking is a bag to carry oats in. (See Haver-Cakes.) It now means a soldier's ration-bag slung from the shoulder; a gunner's leather-case for carrying charges. Source:…Brewer's: Keening
A weird lamentation for the dead, common in Galway. The coffin is carried to the burying place, and while it is carried three times round, the mourners go to the graves of their nearest…Brewer's: Colporteur
A hawker or pedlar; so called because he carries his basket or pack round his neck. The term is more especially applied to hawkers of religious books. (Latin, collum, the neck; porto, to…Brewer's: Pikestaff
Plain as a pikestaff. Quite obvious and unmistakable. The pikestaff was the staff carried by pilgrims, which plainly and somewhat ostentatiously announced their “devotion.” It has been…Brewer's: Flag-officer
Either an admiral, vice-admiral, rear-admiral, or commodore. These officers alone are privileged to carry a flag denoting rank. Admirals carry their flag at the main, vice-admirals at the…Trending
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