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• water bough — noun Etymology: Middle English water bow, from water + bow, bough bough more at bough dialect chiefly England : an overshadowed shoot from a tree trunk compare water sprout …   Useful english dictionary

• whippy bough trap — a fishing rod is bent and the fixed line attached underwater with the baited hook free. When a fish takes the bait, the attachment is released and the tension in the bent rod hooks the fish and holds it out of the water away from predators to be… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• Ethereal being — Water nymph by John Collier, 1923. Ethereal beings, according to some belief systems and occult theories, are mystic entities that usually are not made of ordinary matter. Despite the fact that they are believed to be essentially incorporeal,… …   Wikipedia

• Medway watermills (upper tributaries) — For an explanation of the various pieces of machinery mentioned, see Mill machinery. River Medway (Upper tributaries) Legend …   Wikipedia

• List of Biblical names — This is a list of names from the Bible, mainly taken from the 19th century public domain resource: : Hitchcock s New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible by Roswell D. Hitchcock, New York: A. J. Johnson, 1874, c1869.Each name is given with its …   Wikipedia

• River Eden, Kent — Geobox|River name = Eden native name = other name = Broadmead Water (section) other name1 = image size = 300px image caption = Rivers in Kent etymology = country = England country1 = state = state1 = region = Kent region1 = district = district1 …   Wikipedia

• sacrifice — sacrificeable, adj. sacrificer, n. /sak reuh fuys /, n., v., sacrificed, sacrificing. n. 1. the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage. 2. the person, animal, or thing so… …   Universalium

• Mormonism and Judaism — The doctrines of the Latter Day Saint movement, commonly referred to as Mormonism, teach that its adherents, Latter day Saints, are either direct descendants of the House of Israel, or are adopted into it. As such, Judaism is foundational to the… …   Wikipedia

• mystery religion — Any of various secret cults of the Greco Roman world. Derived from primitive tribal ceremonies, mystery religions reached their peak of popularity in Greece in the first three centuries AD. Their members met secretly to share meals and take part… …   Universalium

• Archetypal literary criticism — is a type of critical theory that interprets a text by focusing on recurring myths and archetypes (from the Greek archē , or beginning, and typos , or imprint) in the narrative, symbols, images, and character types in a literary work. As a form… …   Wikipedia