Modern German
Modern German. It Is Characteristic Of The Literary Language Of Modern German That It Is Based On The Midland German Rather Than On The Upper German Dialects. The Points In Which It Differs From The Middle High German 'literary Swabian' Are Especially These: (1) The M. H. G. Long Vowels ...
Molecular Weights
Molecular Weights. It Can Be Shown. Further, That The Greatest Possible Value Of 7, The Ratio Of The Specific Heats, Is 1.67; But If The Molecules Are Complex, So That There Is Internal Energy In Them, 7 Must Be Less. It Is Interesting To Note That For Helium, Argon, And ...
Mollusks
Mollusks. These Massive Animals Have To Solve A Much Harder Problem In Respiration Than Have The Scolecida. In The Lamellibranchiates The Foot Is Surrounded By A Double Row Of Tenta Cles. These Remain As Distinct Straight Filaments In A Few Genera, Such As Nucula, Leda, Yoldia, And Solenomya ; But ...
Motion
Motion. If A Glacier Is In Equilibrium—that Is, Neither Growing Larger Nor Smaller—the Ice Annually Flowing Through Any Cross-section Of The Glacier Must Exactly Equal The Total An Nual Accumulation Above And The Waste Below That Section. As The Accumulation Above And The Waste Below A Section Through The Neve-line ...
Mountain Formation
Mountain Formation. The Stresses Brought About In The Earth's Crust Through The Energy Which Is Causing Change In Level, Whether This Be Due To Contraction, Isostasy, Or Other Cause, Throw The Surface Into A Series Of Folds, The Largest Forming The Continental Uplifts And Ocean Depres Sions, The Smaller Forming ...
Mounts For Naval Guns
Mounts For Naval Guns. Mounts For Naval Gnus Are Of Three Types, Tur Ret, Deck, And Rail. The Principal Features Of Mounts Are The Method Of Checking Recoil. Re Turning The Gun To The Firing Position After Recoil. Elevating, Training, Sighting, And Loading. Up To The Middle Of The Nineteenth ...
Name
Name. In His Own Language A Gypsy Calls Himself And His Race Rom, I.e. 'man,' The Man Par Excellence, For All The Rest Of Mankind He Defines Under The Generic Term Giijo (english Gypsy Dialect Gajo), 'gentile.' His Wife Is Romni, And All That Characterizes Him And His Ways Is ...
Nathan 1756 76 Hale
Hale, Nathan (1756-76). A Revolutionary Patriot, Who Met His Death Under Circumstances That Have Made Him Famous In American History. He Was Born At Coventry, Conn., Graduated With High Honors At Yale In 1773, Taught School At East Haddam From October, 1773, To March, 1774, And Afterwards At New London ...
Natiianael 1742 86 Greene
Greene, Na.tiianael (1742-86). An Ameri Can Soldier, Prominent In The Revolutionary War. He Was Born August 7, 1742, At Pato Womut, Warwick County, R. I. His Father Was A Leading Preacher Among The Quakers, And Edu Cated His Son Very Simply, Training Him From Childhood To Work On His Farm, ...
National Defense
National Defense. All Able-bodied Men Are Liable To Military Service Between The Ages Of Seventeen And Forty-five Years. Three Years' Ac Tive Service Is Required Of Cavalrymen And Artil Lerymen And Two Years, Of Others, The Enlistment Generally Being At The Age Of Twenty. Students Passing A State Examination May ...
Nature Of Government
Nature Of Government. Government Means Authority, And In The Last Analysis All Govern Ment Rests Upon Force, I.e. Upon The Power Of Con Straining The Action Of Any Citizen Or Any Number Of Citizens Through The Organized Agencies Of The State. This Power May Not Be Wisely Or Uni Formly ...
Naval Guns
Guns, Naval. Neither Gunpowder Nor Guns Were Invented In The Modern Sense Of The Word. They Were Developments That, In Their Earlier Forms, Were Scarcely Distinguishable From Previous Types. Greek Fire (q.v.) And Other Ancient In Eendiary Compositions Contained All Of The Es Sential Ingredients Of Gunpowder, And It Was ...
Objects Of Government
Objects Of Government. Broadly Speaking, The Objects Of Political Government Are Well Ex Pressed In The Preamble To The Constitution Of The United States, To "establish Justice, Insure Domestic Tranquillity, Provide For The Common Defense, Promote The General Welfare, And Secure The Blessings Of Liberty To Ourselves And Our Posterity." ...
Ocean Work
Ocean Work. The Most Powerful Agent Of Erosion In The Ocean Is The Wind-wave. By Its Direct Blow, And By Hurling And Grinding Rock Fragments Together, Waves Are Wearing Coast-lines Back. From The Cliffs Thus Formed Much Ma Terial Is Supplied By Weathering, Which Is Assisted By The Influence Of ...
Ohg Gift As
Gift (as., Ohg. Gift, From As. Gifan, Goth. Giban, Ohg. Geban, Ger. Geben, To Give). Gift, In The Broadest Sense, Includes Every Gratuitous Transfer Of Property, Whether Real Or Personal, And Whether Made Orally, By Deed, Or By Will. As A Specific Legal Term, However, It Is Limited To A ...
Ohg Gold As
Gold (as:, Ohg. Gold, Ger. Gpld, Goth. Gulp; Connected With As. Geolu, Eng. Yellow, Lat. Helvus, Grayish Yellow, Gk. V.wpog, Chldros, Yellowish Green, Skt. Hari, Yellow). A Metallic Chemical Element, Probably The First Metal Known To Man. The Alchemists Regarded Gold As The Most Perfect Metal, Compared It To The ...
Old And Middle High
Old And Middle High German. In The History Of High German Three Main Periods Are Distin Guished—old High German. From The Eighth Century To About 1100; Middle High German, From About 1100 To 1500; Modern German, From About 1500 To The Present Time. These Periods Apply Both To Dialects And ...
Oliver 1728 74 Goldsmith
Goldsmith, Oliver (1728-74). An Eng Lish Author, He Was Born In The Village Of Pallas, County Of Longford, Ireland, November 10, 1728. His Father, Rev. Charles Goldsmith, A Clergyman Of The Established Church, Was At That Time Curate To The Rector Of Kilkenny West. When Six Years Old, Oliver Was ...
Order Of Cite Garter
Garter, Order Of 'cite. The Highest Order Of Chivalry In Great Britain. The Order Of The Garter Was Instituted By King Edward Iii., And Though Not The Most Ancient Is One Of The Most Famous Of The Chivalrous Orders Of Europe. The Original Number Of The Knights Of The Garter ...
Organic Growth
Organic Growth. As Living Beings Funda Mentally Differ From Mineral Bodies, So Growth In Plants And Animals Is Inherently Different. Even Organic Growth Is Defined As Increase In Volume, But This Does Not Go Far Enough. Living Organisms Are Compounds Or Proteids Of Mineral Matter, Forming Protoplasm. And They Grow ...
Origin And Character
Origin And Character. The Constant Striving Of The Architects Of The Eleventh And Twelfth Cen Turies In France Was To Perfect A System Of Vault Ing That Should Not Enslave Them To Heavy Walls Or To Narrow, Low, And Dark Interiors. This Could Be Done Only By Concentrating The Horizontal, ...
Origin And Ethnic Traits
Origin And Ethnic Traits. Of Their Own Origin The Gypsies Can Give No Sensible Account. They Are Apt, At Least Those Of Western Europe, To Follow The Popular Belief That They Came Orig Inally From Egypt. Among The Many Authors That Have Written About Them From The Fifteenth Century To ...
Os God As
God (as., Os., Dutch God, Goth. Gup, Ohg. Got, Cot, Ger. Gott, Of Doubtful Etymology, Per Haps Connected With Skt. Mi, To Call, Or With Skt. Hu, Gk. Xeip, Chein, To Pour ; The Word Is Evidently Originally A Passive Participle; The Frequent Deri Vation Of God From Good, As. ...
Painting And Allied Arts
Painting And Allied Arts. The Breaking Up Of The Wall Surfaces In Gothic Art Left Little Opportunity For Painting. There Was, However, An Increased Opportunity For Glass Painting, Which, During This Epoch, Attained Its Highest Development. The Windows Of The Great French Cathedrals Were Treated So As To Form Cycles ...
Parts Or Speech
Parts Or Speech. In A Discussion Of Grammar It Is Necessary To Enumerate The Relations Of The Various Parts Of Speech To Each Other, And To State What Is Comprised Under Each Of These Parts. The Parts Of Speech Are Usually Consid Ered To Be Eight In Number: Nouns, Adjectives, ...
Paschal Grousset
Grousset, Paschal ( 1844— ). A French Politician And Author, Born At Corte In Corsica. He Studied Medicine In Paris, But Im Mediately Took Up Journalism, Wrote Scientific Articles For L'etendard And Figaro Under The Name `docteur Blasius,' And Began To Write Fiction Under The Pseudonym 'leopold Virey.' He Joined ...
Pathology
Pathology. In Acute Catarrhal Gastritis, The Mucous Membrane Of The Stomach Is Swollen And Red, And Coated With An Increased Amount Of Mucus, Although The Secretion Of Gastric Juice Is Less Than Normal. The Cells Of The Mucous Membrane, Both Mucous And Peptic, Are Swollen And Granular, And There May ...
Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore
Gilmore, Patrick Sarsfield A Celebrated American Military Bandmaster, Born Near Dublin, Ireland. His First Musical Experi Ence Was With The Town Band Of Athlone, And When But Eighteen Years Of Age He Left His Na Tive City To Go To Canada With An English Band. Almost Immediately On His Arrival ...
Phonetic Character
Phonetic Character. In English, G Has The Values (1) Of A Voiced Guttukal Explosive Made By Voiced Breath Being Checked Between The Body Of The Tongue And The Palate, As In Got, Organ, Glad; (2) Of The So-called 'soft' Or Palatal G (d + Zh), As In Generous, Gentle (this ...
Phycomycetes
Phycomycetes. In The Phycomycetes (alga Like Fungi) There Is A Very Interesting Assemblage Of Types Almost All Presenting Some Alga-like Characters, But Sufficiently Diverse From One An Other To Suggest That There May Have Been Several Points Of Origin. The Most Alga-like Are The Water-molds (saprolegniales) And The Downy Mildews ...
Physiographic Geology
Physiographic Geology This Branch Of Geology Is Specifically Treat Ed Under The Heading Of Physiography, So That Only The General Principles Will Be Here Stated. Physiography Is Concerned With A Study Of The Forms Assumed By The Surface Of The Crust And The Origin Of These Forms. Both On The ...
Physiography
Physiography. The Study Of The Land Forms Of The Earth, With Their Present Distribution And Their Mode Of Origin, Is A Comparatively New Branch Of Science. The Volume Of The Land Above Sea-level Is Much Less Proportionally Than The Volume Of The Sea; The Average Level Of The Solid Crust ...
Pierre Narcisse Guerin
Guerin, Pierre Narcisse, Baron (1774 1833). A French Historical Painter, Born In Paris, May 13, 1774. He Was A Pupil Of Jean Baptiste Regnault (q.v.), And Was Entirely Under The Influence Of David. Ilis Works Are Good In Line, But Cold In Color And Sentiment. The Best Of Them, The ...
Piionetic Changes
Piionetic Changes. Many Changes In The Form Of Greek Words Are To Be Traced To Phonetic Causes. The Most Important Of The Changes Are: (1) Loss Of Consonants. F, Al Though Retained In Some Dialects Until Compara Tively Late Times, Shows A Constant Tendency To Disappear (owes, Orig. *folvos, Cf. ...
Plate Glass
Plate Glass Has The Same Composition As Sheet And Crown Glass, But Is Melted In Vast Open Ves Sels (sometimes Holding 2% Tons) Resting Upon Frames Behind Fire-clay Doors. After The Long Fusion Is Perfect The Door Is Thrown Open And The Tank Is Seized By An Immense Fork Mounted ...
Pleistocene Pe Riod Glacial
Glacial Period, Pleistocene Pe Riod, Or Ice Age. A Division Of Geologic Time, Comprising The Earliest Part Of The Quater Nary Period. The Term Gains Its Significance From A Remarkable Episode In Which Abnormal Condi Tions Of Climate Were Involved. In Late Tertiary Times There Seems To Have Been A ...
Poisonous Fungi
Poisonous Fungi. The Number Of Fungi For Merly Considered Poisonous Was Very Large; In Vestigation, However, Has Proved That Many So Regarded Are Not Merely Innocuous, But Are Good For Food. The Results Are That Not A Few Old Beliefs Have Been Upset, And Others Are Made To Totter. Poisonous ...
Political Geograpiiy
Political Geogra.piiy. The Migrations Of Man Over The Earth's Surface, His Present Location, And The Stage Of Civilization Which He Has Reached, Are, In The Last Analysis, The Results Of Geographical Environment, Whatever The Immediate Cause May Be. Great Britain Has Become, Because Of Her Insular Position, And Her Limited ...
Population
Population. The First Official Census Taken Of Great Britain Was In 1801. Estimates Have Been Made• Of The Population Of England Upon The Basis Of The Domesday Record. These' Estimates Place The Total In The Latter Half Of The Eleventh Century At A Little Less Than 2,000,000. Over Half Of ...
Prairie Chickens
Prairie-chickens. The Eastern Prairie-chick En, Or Pinnated Grouse (tympanuehus Ameri Canna), Is A Trifle Larger Than The Ruffed Grouse. The General Color Of The Plumage Is Rufous, With Bars And Crossings Of Black; The Tail Is Short And Rounded. The Male Has Neck-tufts Of Narrow Feathers, The Largest Of Which ...
Preparation Of The Material
Preparation Of The Material. Sand Being The Commercial Representative Of Silica, It Is Evi Dent That The Quality Of Glass Depends, Apart From The Effect Of Different Processes Of Manufacture, Upon The Quality Of The Sand, And The More Thor Oughly The Sand Can Be Cleansed Of Impurities Be Fore ...
Process Of Manufacture
Process Of Manufacture. When The Coal Is Placed In The Retort The Volatile Matter Is Driven Off By The Exposure To Heat, Rapidly At First And Then More And More Slowly. The Reactions Taking Place In The Retorts Are Complex And Not Per Fectly Understood; But In General They Consist ...
Production Of Gold
Production Of Gold. The Supply Of Gold In Ancient Times Was Derived Mostly From Surface Deposits Of Sands And Gravels Which Yielded Their Values By Simple Processes Of Washing. Gold Was Thus Mined At A Very Early Period In India, Central Asia, The Southern Urals, And In The Region Bordering ...
Railways
Railways. Germany Has The Largest Railway System In Europe, The Total Length In 1900 Ex Ceeding 30,447 Miles, As Against 21,748 In The United Kingdom And 26,222 In France, Its Rail Way Density Being Second To That Of The United Kingdom. The Railroad Industry Is Among The Most Important In ...
Recent History
Recent History. The Greeks From Their Ear Liest History Have Been Devoted To Constitutional Government And To The Principle Of Popular Parti Cipation In The Political Life Of The State. This Was Denied To Them Under The Bavarian Rule, Con Stitutions Being Frowned Upon By The Continental Powers At That ...
Relation To Tile Primitive
Relation To Tile Primitive (indo-ei7ropean) Language. The Creek Vowels Usually Represent Similar Sounds In The Parent Language. In Many Cases, However, They Are Of Secondary Origin, No Tably The Characteristic Ionic And Attic .1, Which Not Only Represents Orig. 3 (p.vv=lat. Niensis), But Also Orig. 11 (att. Ory61=dor. Oci-y6s, Lat. ...
Religion
Religion. Germany Is Generally Considered A Strongly Protestant Nation, Though The Protes Tant Element Numbers Somewhat Less Than Two Thirds Of The Total Population. The Number Of Protestants In 1900 Was 35,231,000, Or About 63 Per Cent., As Against 20,321,000 Catholics, Or About 30 Per Cent. The Proportionate Distribu Tion ...
Religion
Religion. In England And Wales, In Scot Land, And In Ireland, Different Churches Are Dominant: In The First, The Protestant Episcopal; In The Second, The Presbyterian; And In The Third, The Catholic. In The First Two The Respective Churches Are The Established State Churches. The Protestant Episcopal Church Was Also ...
Religion Ano Folk Lore
Religion Ano Folk-lore. Of The Religion Of The Gypsies There Is Little To Be Said. On The One Hand They Are Not Idolaters, Nor On The Other Have They Any Well-defined Religious Ideas. They May Go By The Name Of Christians Or Moham Medans, According To The Religion Of The ...
Riciiard Watson Gilder
Gilder, Riciiard Watson (1844—). An American Poet And Editor. He Was Born In Bordentown, N. J., February 8, 1844, The Son Of The Rev. William Henry Gilder, At Whose Semi Nary In Flushing, Long Island, Be Was Educated. During The Civil War, While A Student Of Law In Philadelphia, He ...
Ridolfo 1483 1561
Ridolfo (1483-1561), Son Of Domenico, Was Eleven Years Old When His Father Died, But Re Ceived His Artistic Education In His Father's Studio, Which Was Conducted By Granacci And Davide Ghirlandajo. He Assisted The Former In Some Of His Works, But About 1503 He Came Wholly Under The Influence Of ...
River Work
River Work. In Draining From The Land The Water Carries A Load Of Mineral Matter In Solu Tion And In Suspension. The Former Is Mainly Supplied From The Underground Water, Though Some Is Obtained From The River Bed. The Sus Pended Material Is In Part Derived From The In Wash ...
Robert 1764 1842 Haldane
Haldane, Robert ( 1764-1842). A Philan Thropist And Preacher Of Scotch Descent. He Was Born February 28, 1764, In London. He Inherited A Large Property, But, Having A Passion For The Sea, After Studying But A Short Time In Edin Burgh University, He Entered The Navy, Where He Served With ...
Robert 1765 1815 Fulton
Fulton, Robert (1765-1815). A Celebrated American Engineer, Born At Little Britain, Pa., Of Irish Parents, Who Were In Such Poor Circum Stances That All The Education Young Fulton Ac Quired Was The Ability To Read And Write. He Made Good Use, However, Of His Opportunities And Passed In Study The ...
Roman Empire
Roman Empire.) By His Coronation Italy And Germany Became Associated For Long Centuries To Come. The Results Were In Some Ways Disastrous To Both Countries, But At The Time Otho, As Emperor, Was The Great Power In Western Europe. In Order To Strengthen His Position, He Negotiated A Marriage For ...
Rome
Rome. In Italy Glass First Appears At The Very Beginning Of The Iron Age, In The Cemeteries Of The Villanova Type, Naturally In The Form Of Beads And Other Paste Ornaments. Glass Bowls And Bottles, However, Are Found In Etruscan Tombs, And With The Extension Of The Roman Power The ...
Rot1ert James 1797 1853 Graves
Graves, Rot1ert James (1797-1853). An Irish Physician Famous As A Clinician, Lecturer, And Original Investigator. His Name, With That Of Basedow (q.v.), Is Known To Modern Students Of Medicine In Connection With Exophthalmic Goitre; But It Was His Work In The Treatment Of Fevers, Especially Typhus, Which Was Most Impor ...
Royal Arms Of Great
Great Britain, Royal Arms Of. The Arms Of The United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland Are Quarterly, First And Fourth Gules, Three Lions Passant Gardant In Pale, Or, For Eng Land; Second, Or, A Lion Rampant Within A Double Tressure Flory Counterflory Gules, For Scotland; Third, Azure, A Harp ...
Royal Geographical Society
Geographical Society, Royal. An Association For The Advancement And Diffusion Of Geographical Science; And For The Encouragement Of Exploration, Founded At London In 1830 And Chartered In 1859. It Had Its Inception With Members Of The Raleigh Dining Club, An Organiza Tion Of Travelers, Who Desired To Establish A So ...
Ruffed Grouse Or Partridge
Ruffed Grouse Or 'partridge.' The Best Known American Grouse Is The Bird Called 'par Tridge' In The North And 'pheasant' In The South, But Which Is Properly The Ruffed Grouse (bonasa Umbellus). This Familiar And Highly Prized Game Bird, The Flesh Of Which Is Incomparably Superior To That Of Any ...
Sacred Groves
Groves, Sacred. Groves Associated With Worship Or Religious Rites. Such Groves Are Found Among Many Peoples. In The Authorized Version Of The English Bible, The Word 'grove' Occurs Fre Quently As The Translation Of The Hebrew 'ashtl Rah; This Is Generally Admitted To Be An Error, And In The Revised ...
Saint Gregory Of Nazianzus
Gregory Of Na'zian'zus, Saint, Called. The Theologian' (c.329-90). Bishop Of Constanti Nople, And One Of The 'three Cappadocians,' Fa Mous Leaders Of Orthodoxy In The Latter Half Of The Fourth Century, The Other Two Being Basil The Great (of Casarea) And Gregory Of Nyssa (q.v.). He Was Born Probably In ...
Samuel 160077 Gorton
Gorton, Samuel (1600.77). An English Sectary. He Was Born At Gorton. Lancashire, Near Manchester, Apprenticed To A London Cloth Ier. Adopted Radical Religious Opinions, And Left For Boston In 1636. Here Lie Became Involved In Disputes On Religious Topics. Went To Plymouth, And Began To Preach; But He Was Looked ...
Samuel Rawson 1829 1902 Gardiner
Gardiner, Samuel Rawson (1829-1902). An English Historian. He Was Born At Ropley, Hants, March 4, 1829, And Was Educated At Winchester, And At Christ Church, Oxford. He Subsequently Studied At Edinburgh And At Got Tingen, Taking The Degrees Of And Ph.d. In 1884 He Was Elected Fellow Of All Souls, ...
Sanitary Aspects
Sanitary Aspects. Toward The Close Of The Nineteenth Century The Attention Both Of Sani Tarians And Of Those Interested In Gas Manufac Ture Was Directed To The Sanitary Aspects Of The Use Of Illuminating Gas. The Importance Of This Phase Of The Subject Had Recently Been Increased By The Frequent ...
Savings Banks
Savings Banks. A Savings Bank Was Estab Lished In Scotland In 1810, And Soon After Such Institutions Became Established In Different Parts Of Great Britain. Under The Law Of 1817 And Subsequent Laws, These Banks Were Placed Under The Regulation Of The Government, And During The Second Quarter Of The ...
Or Bebeeru Greenheart
Greenheart, Or Bebeeru (nectandra Bodice). A Valuable Timber-tree. Of The Natural Order Lauracca., A Native Of Guiana, Which Also Yields A Medicinal Bark. The Timber Is Commonly Called Greenheart; The Bark Is Better Known As Bet:ecru (otherwise Beebeery, Hibiru, Bibiri, Etc., And Sipiri Or Sipeira) ; And The Alkaloid To ...
Or Cayenne French Guiana
French Guiana, Or Cayenne. This Colony And Penal Settlement Of France Lies Between Dutch Guiana And Brazil, The River Oyapok Being On The Eastern Border. Its Area Is Estimated At 30, 500 Square Miles. The Surface Rises Quite Grad Ually From The Unhealthful Coast To The Moun Tain Border On ...
Or Fialem Halen
Halen, Or Fialem, Don Juan Van, Count Of Peracnmpos (1790-1864). A Spanish General And Patriot Of Belgian Descent, Born On The Isla De Leon. He Entered The Navy When He Was Fifteen, And Was Present At The Battle Of Trafal Gar. He Took Part In The Rising Against The French ...
Or Fuse Fuze
Fuze, Or Fuse (abbreviation Of Fusee, From Fr. Fusil, Gun, Steel For Striking Fire, It., Ml. Focile, Steel For Striking Fire). The Name Of A Variety Of Devices Employed For Firing Explosives In Military Shells And Mines And In Blasting Operations, Etc. The Simplest Form Of Fuze, And The One ...
Or Gaimina Goliardic Literature
Go'liar'dic Literature, Or Gaimina Burana. The Songs Of The Wandering Students In The Later Middle Ages. These Called Themselves Goliardi, I.e. Children Or Followers Of Golies. Nothing Is Definitely Known About This Golias. By Some The Poems Bearing His Name Have Been Attributed To Walter Mapes, But There Is No ...
Or Galitzin Golitzin
Golitzin, Or Galitzin, Go-lits'in. A Princely Family Of Russia, Tracing Its Descent From Gedimin, Grand Prince Of Lithuania, Ances Tor Of The Jagellon Kings Of Poland.—prince Mikhail Golitzin Was A Celebrated Military Commander Under Basil Iv., Grand Prince Of Moscow. He Fought In The Crimea And In Lithuania, And In ...
Or Gaming Gambling
Gambling, Or Gaming (from As. Game Nian, Gainen, Gomen, Game, Sport, Joy). The Art Or Practice Of Playing A Game Of Hazard, Or One Depending Partly On Skill And Partly On Hazard, With A View To Pecuniary Gain. Games Of This Na Ture Were Forbidden By The Romans, Both Under ...
Or Gershon Gersho
Ger'sho%, Or Ger'shon. A Name Given To Two Individuals In The Old Testament. (1) The First-born Son Of Moses And Zipporah, Ac Cording To Ex. Ii. 22; Xviii. 3. In Judges Xviii. 30, Gershom, Or Gershon, Is Said To Be The Father Of Jonathan, The Priest Officiating At The Sanctu ...
Or Godgifu Godiva
Godi'va, Or God'gifu ( ?-e.1080). Ac Cording To Legend, A Saxon Lady Of Coventry, In Warwickshire, Who Rode Naked Through The Streets Of The Town Out Of Devotion For Her Peo Ple. It Is Impossible To Say Whether The Story Is Wholly Fictitious Or Partly True. In Its Devel Oped ...
Or Godwine Godwin
God'win, Or Godwine ( ?-1053). An Earl Of The West-saxons. Nothing Is Known Definitely Of Him Until 1018, When He Is Described As Dux Or Earl. About 1020 He Was Canute's Most Power Ful Official. More Than Any Other Person He Con Tributed To The Elevation Of Edward The Confessor ...
Or Gorgon Gorgo
Gor'go, Or Gorgon (gk. Fogyei, Gorgd, Ropy61m, Gorgone, Rop-yac, Gorgas, From Yopy6c, Gorgos, Grim). A Sister Of The Grua' (q.v.) And The Daughter Of Phorcys And Ceto. Evidences Are Conflicting. In Homer, Odysseus Fears That Persephone May Send Forth Against Him The Gor Gon's Head, Which Is Therefore Regarded As ...
Or Graz Gratz
Gratz, Or Graz, Grata. The Capital Of The Austrian Crownland Of Styria, Picturesquely Sit Uated In A Beautiful Region, On Both Sides Of The Mur, About 140 Miles Southwest Of Vienna By Rail (map: Austria, D 3). The Inner Town, On The Left Bank Of The River, Connected With The ...
Or Guarantee Of Guaranty
Guaranty, Or Guarantee (of., Fr. Garantie, From Garantir, To Warrant, From Garant, Guarant, Warant, Warrant, From Ohg. Giweren, Ger. Gewahren, To Grant). In Its Broadest Sense, A Contract By Which One Becomes Legally Liable For The Debt, Default, Or Miscarriage Of Another. In This Sense, It Is Used Interchangeably With ...
Or Hag Me Hagfish
Hagfish, Or Hag (me. Hagge, Hegge, From As. Hwgtes, Witch, Mduteh Haghetisse, 011g. Hagazussa, Ger. Hexe, Hag, Witch; Apparently Connected With Provincial Eng. Hag, As. Naga, Dutch Haag, Ger. Hag, Inelosure, Coppice). Any Of Several Species Of Roundmouths (see Cyclos Tomi) That Live Parasitic Upon Fishes, And Struc Turally Are ...
Or Horse Fly Gadfly
Gadfly, Or Horse-fly. A Fly Of The Family Tabanidw, Distinguished From Other Two Winged Flies By Having The Last Segment Of The Short Antennae Ringed And Not Terminating In A Bristle. The Proboscis Is Fleshy, And Envelops Pointed Horny Processes By Means Of Which The Skin Is Punctured. The Head ...
Or Iberian Georgian
Georgian, Or Iberian, Or Grubman Lan Guage. The Principal Language Of The Caucasian Group Of Dialects. This Family Of Languages Is Divided Into North And South Caucasian, The Former Group Comprising Abkhasish, Avarish, Easikumtik Or Lak, Arkish, Htirkanish, Kiirin Ish, Udish, Tchetchentsish, And Thushish, And The Latter Division Consisting Of ...
Or Surinam Dutch Guiana
Dutch Guiana, Or Surinam. This Colony, Belonging To The Netherlands, Lies Next East Of British Guiana, And Is Bordered On The East By The Maroni River. Its Estimated Area Is 49,800 Square Miles. Only The Sea Region Is Developed, The Interior Having Been Little Explored. The Coast Is Generally Rather ...