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1Roger Ascham — (c. 1515 23 December 1568), English scholar and didactic writer, famous for his prose style, his promotion of the vernacular, and his theories of education. He acted as Princess Elizabeth s tutor in Greek and Latin between 1548 50, and served in… …
2pottery — /pot euh ree/, n., pl. potteries. 1. ceramic ware, esp. earthenware and stoneware. 2. the art or business of a potter; ceramics. 3. a place where earthen pots or vessels are made. [1475 85; POTTER1 + Y3] * * * I One of the oldest and most… …
3metalwork — metalworker, n. /met l werrk /, n. objects made of metal. [1840 50; METAL + WORK] * * * Useful and decorative objects fashioned of various metals. The oldest technique is hammering. After с 2500 BC, casting was also used, molten metal being… …
4The Amati Family — Cremona! Who has not heard of this now celebrated Italian city? And yet but for a fiddle maker it is very probable indeed that it would never have been known beyond the circle of its own local interests and its relations with neighbouring… …
5literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
6William Beebe — For the U.S. Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient, see William Sully Beebe. William Beebe William Beebe in British Guiana in 1917 …
7History of wood carving — From the remotest ages the decoration of wood has been a foremost art. The tendency of human nature has always been to ornament every article in use. The North American Indian carves his wooden fish hook or his pipe stem just as the Polynesian… …
8Thomas Sydenham — Infobox Scientist name = PAGENAME box width = image size =250px caption = PAGENAME birth date = September 10, 1624 birth place = Wynford Eagle, Dorset death date = December 29, 1689 death place = residence = citizenship = nationality = English… …
9metaphysics — /met euh fiz iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. the branch of philosophy that treats of first principles, includes ontology and cosmology, and is intimately connected with epistemology. 2. philosophy, esp. in its more abstruse branches. 3. the… …
10List of Samurai Deeper Kyo characters — Contents 1 Main characters 1.1 Demon Eyes Kyo 1.2 Mibu Kyoshiro 1.3 …
