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Brewer's: Devil's Throat

(The). Cromer Bay. So called from its danger to navigation. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894DevilsDevil's Tattoo A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…

Deep Rising

Director/Writer:Stephen SommersDirector of Photography:Howard AthertonEditors:Bob Ducsay and John WrightMusic:Jerry GoldsmithProduction Designer:Holger GrossProducers:Laurence Mark and John…

Deep Impact

Director:Mimi LederWriters:Bruce Joel Rubin and Michael TolkinDirector of Photography:Dietrich LohmannEditor:David RosenbloomMusic:James HornerProduction Designer:Leslie DilleyProducers:David…

pelican

(Encyclopedia) pelican, common name for a large, gregarious aquatic bird of warm regions, allied to the cormorants and gannets. Pelicans are heavy-bodied, long-necked birds with large, flat bills.…

sore throat, streptococcal

(Encyclopedia) sore throat, streptococcalsore throat, streptococcalstrĕpˌtəkŏkˈəl [key], infection and inflammation of the pharynx caused by certain streptococcal bacteria. These organisms are known…

Holbrook, Hal

(Encyclopedia) Holbrook, Hal (Harold Rowe, Jr.), 1925-2021, American actor, b. Cleveland, Oh. (Denison Univ., BA, 1947). Holbrook was raised by his…

lapwing

(Encyclopedia) lapwing, common name for some members of the family Charadriidae, which includes the plovers. Lapwings are almost all inland or upland birds, found in all temperate and tropical…

The Deep End of the Ocean

Director: Ulu Grosbard Writer: Stephen Schiff Columbia Pictures; PG-13; 105 minutes Release: 3/99 Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Treat Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, and Michael…

Deep Blue Sea

Director:Renny HarlinWriters:Duncan Kennedy, Donna Powers and Wayne PowersWarner Bros.; 100 minutes; RRelease:7/99Cast:Saffron Burrows, Thomas Jane, LL Cool J, Samuel L. Jackson In Deep Blue…

Brewer's: Drink Deep

Drink a deep draught. The allusion is to the peg tankards. Those who drank deep, drank to the lower pegs. (See Peg.) “We'll teach you to drink deep ere you depart.” —Shakespeare: Hamlet. i…