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Brewer's: Dutch Gold
Deutsche or German gold. An alloy of copper and zinc, invented by Prince Rupert of Bavaria. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Dutch NightingalesDutch Gleek A…Brewer's: Nugget of Gold
Nugget, a diminutive of nug or nog, as logget is of log. “A nog of sugar” (Scotch) is a lump, and a “nugget of gold” is a small lump. So a “log of wood” is a billet (Latin, lignum), and “…Brewer's: Good as Gold
Thoroughly good. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Good for AnythingGood and All A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z…Definitions of Gold Terminology
The term “fineness” defines a gold content in parts per thousand. For example, a gold nugget containing 885 parts of pure gold, 100 parts of silver, and 15 parts of copper would be…Yukon, territory, Canada
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Yukon, territory (2001 pop. 28,674), 207,076 sq mi (536,327 sq km), NW Canada. The territory's history began with the explorations in the 1840s of Robert Campbell and John…Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Encyclopedia) Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, established in 1805, incorporated in 1806. It is supported by private endowment. The academy grew out of a proposal by Charles…Barton, Benjamin Smith
(Encyclopedia) Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766–1815, American physician and botanist, b. Lancaster, Pa., studied at the College of Philadelphia, at Edinburgh, and at Göttingen (M.D., 1789). He taught at…pus
(Encyclopedia) pus, thick white or yellowish fluid that forms in areas of infection such as wounds and abscesses. It is constituted of decomposed body tissue, bacteria (or other micro-organisms that…cloth of gold
(Encyclopedia) cloth of gold, fabric woven wholly or partly of gold threads. From remote times gold has been used as material for weaving either alone or with other fibers. In India tapestries were…Rush HOLT, Congress, NJ (1948)
HOLT Rush , (son of Rush D. Holt), a Representative from New Jersey; born in Weston, Lewis County, W. Va., October 15, 1948; graduated from the Landon School, Bethesda, Md., 1966; B.A., Carleton…Trending
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