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scalping

(Encyclopedia)scalping, taking the scalp of an enemy. The custom, comparable to head-hunting, was formerly practiced in Europe and Asia (Herodotus describes its practice by the Scythians, for example), but it is ge...

Cleanthes

(Encyclopedia)Cleanthes klēănˈthēz [key], 3d cent. b.c., Greek philosopher, head of the Stoic school following Zeno. ...

Eliasaph

(Encyclopedia)Eliasaph ēlīˈəsăf [key], in the Bible. 1 Tribal chief of Gad. 2 Head Gershonite. ...

Henry I, king of England

(Encyclopedia)Henry I, 1068–1135, king of England (1100–1135), youngest son of William I. He was called Henry Beauclerc because he could write. He quarreled with his elder brothers, William II of England and Ro...

Epher

(Encyclopedia)Epher ēˈfər [key], in the Bible. 1 Son of Midian. 2 Head of a Manassite family. ...

Libni

(Encyclopedia)Libni lĭbˈnī [key], in the Bible. 1 Founder of a Gershonite family. 2 Head of a Merarite family. ...

Hamor

(Encyclopedia)Hamor hāˈmôr [key], in the Bible, head of the family from whom Abraham bought his tomb. An alternate form is Emmor. ...

Sauðárkrókur

(Encyclopedia)Sauðárkrókur söˈüᵺourkrōˌkür [key], town (1993 pop. 2,717), N Iceland, at the head of the Skagafjorður. It is a commercial center and a fishing port. ...

egret

(Encyclopedia)egret ēgrĕtˈ [key], common name for several species of herons of the Old and New Worlds, belonging to the family Ardeidae. Before they were protected by law the birds were nearly exterminated by hu...

Eccles, Sir John Carew

(Encyclopedia)Eccles, Sir John Carew kârˈē, ĕkˈəlz [key], 1903–97, Australian neurophysiologist. He was educated at the Univ. of Melbourne and at Magdalene College, Oxford. He was director (1937–44) of th...