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(Encyclopedia) white vitriol: see zinc sulfate.white whale
(Encyclopedia) white whale: see beluga.Henry White Biography
Henry WhiteAge: 18 redshirt freshman linebacker on the Georgetown football team; killed in a car accident a day before his team was to play in NAIA championshipDied: Elizabethtown, Ky., Dec.…The Devil's Dictionary: White
by Ambrose Bierce WHEATWIDOWWHITE -adj. and n. Black.Brewer's: Century White
John White, the Nonconformist lawyer. So called from his chief publication, The First Century of Scandalous, Malignant Priests, made and admitted into Benefices by the Prelates, etc. (…Brewer's: White Bird
(The ). Conscience, or the soul of man. The Mahometans have preserved the old Roman idea in the doctrine that the souls of the just lie under the…Brewer's: White Caps
A rebellious party of zealous Mahometans, put down by Kienlong the Chinese emperor, in 1758. So called from their head-dress. White Caps…Brewer's: White-coat
(A ). An Austrian soldier. So called because he wears a white coat. Similarly, an English soldier is called a red-coat. In old Rome, ad saga ire meant…Brewer's: White Cockade
The badge worn by the followers of Charles Edward, the Pretender. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894White CompanyWhite-…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…Trending
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