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  • 111marinade —   n. mixture, typically of oil, wine and vinegar with herbs and spices, in which meat, fish, etc. is steeped before cooking; food so steeped; v.t. steep in such mixture …

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  • 112marinade — [mar΄ə nād′] n. [Fr < Sp marinada < marinar, to pickle in brine < marino < L marinus: see MARINE] 1. a spiced pickling solution, esp. a mixture of oil, wine or vinegar, and spices, in which meat, fish, etc. is steeped, often before… …

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  • 113steep — 1. adj. & n. adj. 1 sloping sharply; almost perpendicular (a steep hill; steep stairs). 2 (of a rise or fall) rapid (a steep drop in share prices). 3 (predic.) colloq. a (of a demand, price, etc.) exorbitant; unreasonable (esp. a bit steep). b… …

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  • 114CANADIAN LITERATURE — English A.M. Klein (1909–1972), the founding father of Canadian Jewish literature, grew up in Montreal, the birthplace of that body of writing. A polyglot and autodidact, Klein absorbed his Hebrew and Yiddish heritages, as well as traditional… …

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  • 115MEMORY — holocaust literature in european languages historiography of the holocaust holocaust studies Documentation, Education, and Resource Centers memorials and monuments museums film survivor testimonies Holocaust Literature in European Languages The… …

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  • 116ROMANIAN LITERATURE — Biblical and Hebraic Influences Unlike the languages of surrounding peoples and cultures in the area, Romanian is of Latin or Romance origin, dating back to Roman colonization of Dacia (present day Romania and Bessarabia). Although Romania s… …

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  • 117WEIZMANN, CHAIM — (1874–1952), first president of the State of Israel, president of the (World) Zionist Organization (1920–31 and 1935–46), and distinguished scientist. He was born on Nov. 27, 1874 (8 Kislev 5635), in the village of Motol near Pinsk, in the… …

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  • 118African pepper — Pepper Pep per, n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L. piper, fr. Gr. ?, ?, akin to Skr. pippala, pippali.] 1. A well known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the {Piper nigrum}. [1913 Webster] Note: Common, or… …

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  • 119Amomum Melegueta — Pepper Pep per, n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L. piper, fr. Gr. ?, ?, akin to Skr. pippala, pippali.] 1. A well known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the {Piper nigrum}. [1913 Webster] Note: Common, or… …

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  • 120Bard — Bard, n. [Akin to Dan. & Sw. bark, Icel. b[ o]rkr, LG. & HG. borke.] 1. The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically, Peruvian bark. [1913 Webster] {Bark bed}. See {Bark stove} (below). {Bark …

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