(Encyclopedia) buckwheat, common name for certain members of the Polygonaceae, a family of herbs and shrubs found chiefly in north temperate areas and having a characteristic pungent juice containing…
(Encyclopedia) BillingsgateBillingsgatebĭlˈĭngzgĭt, –gāt [key], wharf and fish market, London, England, on the north bank of the Thames River. The market was named after a river gate in the old city…
(Encyclopedia) Port Glasgow, town (1991 pop. 22,636), Inverclyde, W Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde. Its dry dock, built in 1762, was one of the first of its kind in Scotland. It was founded in 1668…
(Encyclopedia) PembrokePembrokepĕmˈbr&oobreve;k [key], Welsh Penfro, town (1991 pop. 7,049), Pembrokeshire, SW Wales, on an inlet of the Milford Haven estuary. The town is an agricultural market…
(Encyclopedia) Tillett, BenjaminTillett, Benjamintĭlˈĭt [key], 1860–1943, English labor organizer, b. Bristol, England. With Tom Mann and John Burns, he led the dock strike of 1889, the first big…
(Encyclopedia) Cornish, language belonging to the Brythonic group of the Celtic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Celtic languages.
See P. B. Ellis, The Cornish Language and…
JOHNSTON, Charles Clement, (brother of Joseph Eggleston Johnston and uncle of John Warfield Johnston), a Representative from Virginia; born in Longwood, near Farmville, Prince Edward County,…
(Encyclopedia) Eaton, Dorman Bridgman, 1823–99, American reformer, b. Hardwick, Vt. He was a law partner of William Kent in New York City. His major interests were reform in municipal administration…
