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111slather — /sladh euhr/, Informal. v.t. 1. to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast. 2. to spread something thickly on (usually fol. by with): to slather toast with butter. 3. to spend or use lavishly. n. 4. Often, slathers. a generous amount …
112spender — /spen deuhr/, n. a person who spends, esp. one who habitually spends excessively or lavishly; spendthrift. [1350 1400; ME; see SPEND, ER1] * * * …
113splurge — splurgily, adv. splurgy, adj. /splerrj/, v., splurged, splurging, n. v.i. 1. to indulge oneself in some luxury or pleasure, esp. a costly one: They splurged on a trip to Europe. 2. to show off. v.t. 3. to spend (money) lavishly or ostentatiously …
114Washington — /wosh ing teuhn, waw shing /, n. 1. Booker T(aliaferro) /book euhr tol euh veuhr/, 1856 1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer. 2. George, 1732 99, U.S. general and political leader: 1st president of the U.S. 1789 97. 3. Martha… …
115Madison, James — born March 16, 1751, Port Conway, Va. died June 28, 1836, Montpelier, Va., U.S. Fourth president of the U.S. (1809–17). After graduating from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), he served in the Virginia state legislature… …
116ancient Rome — ▪ ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia Introduction the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 BC, through the events leading to the… …
117art and architecture, Egyptian — Introduction the ancient architectural monuments, sculptures, paintings, and decorative crafts produced mainly during the dynastic periods of the first three millennia BC in the Nile valley regions of Egypt and Nubia. The course of art in… …
118Gould, John — ▪ British ornithologist born Sept. 14, 1804, Lyme Regis, Dorsetshire, Eng. died Feb. 3, 1881, London English ornithologist whose large, lavishly illustrated volumes on birds commanded ever mounting prices among bibliophiles. Gould… …
119primitive culture — Introduction in the lexicon of early anthropologists, any of numerous societies characterized by features that may include lack of a written language, relative isolation, small population, relatively simple social institutions and… …
120Peter Paul Rubens — Peter Paul Rubens † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Peter Paul Rubens Eminent Flemish painter, b. at Siegen, Westphalia, 28 June, 1577; d. at Antwerp, 30 May, 1640. His father, Jan Rubens, a lawyer and alderman of Antwerp, was a… …
