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• Moral Aspect of Vivisection —     Moral Aspect of Vivisection     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Moral Aspect of Vivisection     Defined literally the word vivisection signifies the dissection of living creatures; ordinarily it means any scientific experiment on animals involving… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Penk — Recorded in the spellings of Pinch, Pinck, Pincke, Pinks, and the dialectals Penk and Penke, this surname is English. It was of early medieval origin, and derives from a nickname given to a bright, chirpy, person, thought to be as active and… …   Surnames reference

• Penke — Recorded in the spellings of Pinch, Pinck, Pincke, Pinks, and the dialectals Penk and Penke, this surname is English. It was of early medieval origin, and derives from a nickname given to a bright, chirpy, person, thought to be as active and… …   Surnames reference

• Pink — Recorded in the spellings of Pinch, Pinck, Pincke, Pinks, and the dialectals Penk and Penke, this surname is English. It was of early medieval origin, and derives from a nickname given to a bright, chirpy, person, thought to be as active and… …   Surnames reference

• Pinks — Recorded in the spellings of Pinch, Pinck, Pincke, Pinks, and the dialectals Penk and Penke, this surname is English. It was of early medieval origin, and derives from a nickname given to a bright, chirpy, person, thought to be as active and… …   Surnames reference

• Pinch — This is one of the very earliest of surnames. Recorded in several spellings including Pinch, Pinck, Pincke, diminutives Pinchen, Pinchin and Pinchon, and rare patronymics Pinches, Pinchson, Pinks, Pinkson as well as dialectals Penk, Penke, Penkes …   Surnames reference

• Pinches — This is one of the very earliest of surnames. Recorded in several spellings including Pinch, Pinck, Pincke, diminutives Pinchen, Pinchin and Pinchon, and rare patronymics Pinches, Pinchson, Pinks, Pinkson as well as dialectals Penk, Penke, Penkes …   Surnames reference

• Pinck — This intriguing surname is an interesting example of that sizeable group of early European surnames that were gradually created from the habitual use of nicknames. These nicknames were given with reference to a variety of personal characteristics …   Surnames reference

• Pinke — This interesting and unusual name is of early medieval origin, and derives from a nickname given to a bright, chirpy person, thought to be as active and (apparently) cheerful as a (chaf) finch. The derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th… …   Surnames reference