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(Encyclopedia) Tônlé SapTônlé Saptŏnˈlā säp [key] [great lake], lake, central Cambodia; largest lake of SE Asia. It occupies the depression of the Cambodian plain and is fed by many streams; the…Magadi, Lake
(Encyclopedia) Magadi, LakeMagadi, Lakeməgäˈdē [key], c.20 mi (30 km) long and 2 mi (3.2 km) wide, S Kenya, in the Great Rift Valley. Formed and constantly resupplied by volcanic springs, the lake…Turkana, Lake
(Encyclopedia) Turkana, Lake, c.2,500 sq mi (6,475 sq km), NW Kenya and SW Ethiopia, E Africa, in the Great Rift Valley; alt. 1,230 ft (375 m). Surrounded by desolate, volcanic mountains, the 170-mi-…Naivasha
(Encyclopedia) NaivashaNaivashanīväˈshä [key], lake, 12 mi (19.3 km) long and 9 mi (14.5 km) wide, W central Kenya, E Africa, in the Great Rift Valley. Large flower farms that supply European flower…Brewer's: Attic Salt
Elegant and delicate wit. Salt, both in Latin and Greek, was a common term for wit, or sparkling thought well expressed: thus Cicero says, “Scipio omnes sale superabat ” (Scipio surpassed…Brewer's: Bay Salt
is salt of a bay colour. It is the salt of sea-water hardened by the heat of the sun. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BayadereBay the Moon A B C D E F…Brewer's: Man of Salt
A man like Æneas, always “melting into salt tears,” called “drops of salt.” This would make a man a man of salt, To use his eyes for garden waterpots. Shakespeare: King Lear, iv. 6.…Brewer's: Salt in Beer
In Scotland it was customary to throw a handful of salt on the top of the mash to keep the witches from it. Salt really has the effect of moderating the fermentation and fining the liquor…Brewer's: Salt Bread
or Bitter Bread. The bread of affiction or humiliation. Bread too salt is both disagreeable to the taste and indigestible. “Learning how hard it is to get back when once exiled, and how…Brewer's: Salt-cellar
(A). A table salt-stand. (French, salière; Latin, salarium.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Salt HillSalt Bread A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…Trending
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