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(sh l f´t ´´) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 31,050), Västerbotten co., NE Sweden, on the Skellefteälven River inland from its mouth on the Gulf of Bot...
(sm l nsk´, smô–, Rus. sm ly nsk´) (KEY) , city (1989 pop. 341,000), capital of Smolensk region, W European Russia, a port on the Dnieper River. ...
(m kh´ä l pä´kh r) (KEY) , c.1435–1498, German religious painter and probably a wood carver, a native of the Tyrol. He painted figures reminisce...
1861–1929, Canadian political leader, b. Ontario. A lawyer in Manitoba, he sat (1888–96) in the provincial legislature and then served (1896–191...
(b rnär´ päl s ´) (KEY) , c.1510–c.1589, French potter. For 16 years he worked in vain to imitate white-glazed pottery (probably Chinese), even ...
vernacular vocabulary not generally acceptable in formal usage. It is notable for its liveliness, humor, emphasis, brevity, novelty, and exaggeration....