involuntary violent expiration of air through the nose and mouth. It results from stimulation of the nervous system in the nose, causing sudden contra...
1792–1868, American humorist, b. Buckfield, Maine. He founded the Portland Courier in 1829 and in it began (1830) a series of humorous letters on po...
common name for certain sea birds resembling the related tern. Skimmers (genus Rhynchops) have long, laterally compressed bills of which the lower man...
tube through which a submarine or diver can draw air while underwater. When in use, the top of the snorkel tube extends above the water surface into t...