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Storm and Stress

(Encyclopedia)Storm and Stress: see Sturm und Drang. ...

visit and search

(Encyclopedia)visit and search: see search, right of. ...

guardian and ward

(Encyclopedia)guardian and ward, in law. A guardian is someone who by appointment or by relationship has the care of a person or that person's property, or both. The protected individual, known as the ward, is cons...

population I and II

(Encyclopedia)population I and II, in astronomy: see stellar populations. ...

Deal

(Encyclopedia)Deal, town, Kent, SE England, on the Downs, an important passage for Channel shipping. It is a popular holiday resort. There is some boat building. Othe...

Aholah and Aholibah

(Encyclopedia)Aholah əhōˈlə [key], in the Bible, the sisters in an allegory on Israel's idolatry. ...

Farnham

(Encyclopedia)Farnham färˈnəm [key], town, Surrey, SE England, on the Wey River. It is a market town but ...

ratchet and pawl

(Encyclopedia)ratchet and pawl, mechanical device that permits motion in one direction only. The ratchet is usually a wheel with slanting teeth. The pawl is a lever tangential to the wheel with one end resting on t...

Tsu

(Encyclopedia)Tsu tso͞o [key], city (1990 pop. 157,177), capital of Mie prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, on Ise Bay. It is a commercial and manufacturing center, with glass, machine, and food-processing factories. In ...

Bozez and Seneh

(Encyclopedia)Bozez sēˈnə, –nĕ [key], two cliffs at the entrance to the ravine of Michmash (now the Wadi Suweinet); they are mentioned in the First Book of Samuel. ...