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The Concise Dictionary of Scottish Words and Phrases by Kirkpatrick Betty
azw |eng | 2007-10-24 | Author:Kirkpatrick, Betty [Kirkpatrick, Betty]

jenny-a’-things a small shop that sells a wide range of different things: I got the marble in the village jenny-a’-things when I was a bairn (=child). jessie an insulting term ...
( Category: Dictionaries July 21,2014 )
Historical Dictionary of Human Rights by Jacques Fomerand
epub |eng | | Author:Jacques Fomerand

J JAPAN. See “COMFORT WOMEN”; DENIAL; FEMALE INFANTICIDE; FORCED LABOR; INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL FOR THE FAR EAST; SEX TRAFFICKING; WORLD WAR I PEACE TREATIES. JAPANESE DETENTION CAMPS. See KOREMATSU, FRED ...
( Category: Reference July 19,2014 )
The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism by Robert E. Buswell Jr. & Donald S. Lopez Jr
epub |eng | 2013-11-23 | Author:Robert E. Buswell Jr. & Donald S. Lopez Jr. [Buswell, Robert E. Jr. & Lopez, Donald S. Jr.]

nirmāṇarati. (P. nimmānarati; T. ’phrul dga’; C. huale tian; J. kerakuten; K. hwarak ch’ŏn 化樂天). In Sanskrit, “enjoying creations” or “enjoying emanations,” the fifth (in ascending order) of the six ...
( Category: Dictionaries July 17,2014 )
The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 1999-03-15 | Author:Simon Winchester [Winchester, Simon]

2. The Hospital of St. Mary of Bethlehem, used as an asylum for the reception and cure of mentally deranged persons; originally situated in Bishopsgate, in 1676 rebuilt near London ...
( Category: English May 29,2014 )
A Blake Dictionary by Damon S. Foster Eaves Morris
epub, mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Damon, S. Foster, Eaves, Morris [Damon, S. Foster, Eaves, Morris]

M * * * MACHPELAH was a double-chambered cave in western Hebron, which Abraham bought for a family burial place. Ragan’s web of war drops “with crimson gore with the ...
( Category: European April 24,2014 )
The Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
epub |eng | 2013-04-18 | Author:Francis Grose [Francis Grose]

K Kate A picklock. ‘’Tis a rum kate’, it is a clever picklock. Keel bullies Men employed to load and unload the coal vessels. Keelhauling A punishment in use among ...
( Category: Slang & Idioms April 19,2014 )
American Language by H.L. Mencken
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-11-09 | Author:H.L. Mencken

2. THE ADVANCE OF AMERICAN SPELLING But such uncompromising defenders of English spelling lead a forlorn hope. Not only is there a general movement toward American forms in the newspapers ...
( Category: Linguistics March 25,2014 )
Catholic Bible Dictionary by Scott Hahn
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2009-06-16 | Author:Scott Hahn

I. AUTHORSHIP AND DATE The author of Judges is not named. A Jewish tradition named Samuel as the author, but the evidence is too meager to draw any firm conclusions. ...
( Category: Dictionaries March 25,2014 )
Is That a Fish in Your Ear? by Bellos David
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-10-11 | Author:Bellos, David [Bellos, David]

SEVENTEEN The Third Code: Translation as a Dialect What language do you speak? That sounds like a merely factual inquiry with an uncomplicated answer, whatever it is. But as I ...
( Category: Dictionaries March 25,2014 )

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