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  • 31Foil — (foil), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foiled} (foild); p. pr. & vb. n. {Foiling}.] [F. fouler to tread or trample under one s feet, to press, oppress. See {Full}, v. t.] 1. To tread under foot; to trample. [1913 Webster] King Richard . . . caused the… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 32Foiled — Foil Foil (foil), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foiled} (foild); p. pr. & vb. n. {Foiling}.] [F. fouler to tread or trample under one s feet, to press, oppress. See {Full}, v. t.] 1. To tread under foot; to trample. [1913 Webster] King Richard . . .… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 33Foiling — Foil Foil (foil), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foiled} (foild); p. pr. & vb. n. {Foiling}.] [F. fouler to tread or trample under one s feet, to press, oppress. See {Full}, v. t.] 1. To tread under foot; to trample. [1913 Webster] King Richard . . .… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 34Romeo and Juliet (1968 film) — Infobox Movie name = Romeo and Juliet caption = original movie poster director = Franco Zeffirelli producer = John Brabourne Anthony Havelock Allen writer = Screenplay: Franco Brusati Masolino D Amico Franco Zeffirelli Play: William Shakespeare… …

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  • 35Christabel Pankhurst — Suffragette, Emily Wilding Davison memorial issue of the newspaper edited by Christabel Pankhurst Dam …

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  • 36Spidey Super Stories — Infobox Television show name = Spidey Super Stories caption = format = Adventure runtime = 5 minutes creator = Stan Lee (comic book) Steve Ditko (comic book) starring = Danny Seagren country = USA network = PBS first aired = 1974 | last aired =… …

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  • 37Leo VIII —     Pope Leo VIII     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Leo VIII     Date of birth unknown; d. between 20 February and 13 April, 965. When the Emperor Otho I illegally brought about the deposition of the unworthy Pope John XII (Nov., 963), he… …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 38Valdés, Alfonso de — (ca. 1500 1532)    Spanish humanist, the leading figure among Spanish admirers of Erasmus. His family were Spanish conversos, and one of his uncles, a priest, was burned at the stake by the Inquisition in 1491 on charges of secretly continuing… …

    Historical Dictionary of Renaissance

  • 39REHOBOAM — (Heb. רְחַבְעָם; the (divine) kinsman has been generous or the people has expanded ), king of Judah for 17 years (c. 928–911 B.C.E.); son of Solomon by Naamah the Ammonitess (I Kings 14:21; II Chron. 12:13). Rehoboam s name is connected with one… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 40literature — /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.… …

    Universalium