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Wash, The

(Encyclopedia) Wash, The, inlet of the North Sea, 20 mi (32 km) long and 15 mi (24 km) wide, between Lincolnshire and Norfolk, E England. It receives the Witham, Wellend, Nene, and Ouse rivers. It is…

Balance, The

(Encyclopedia) Balance, The, English name for Libra, a constellation; also called The Scales.

fall, the

(Encyclopedia) fall, the, i.e., the fall of man, in Christian thought: see original sin; grace.

Owl and the Nightingale, The

(Encyclopedia) Owl and the Nightingale, The, Middle English poem written probably by Nicholas de Guildford of Dorsetshire about the beginning of the 13th cent. Written in 2,000 lines of octosyllabic…

Conrad, Latin king of Jerusalem

(Encyclopedia) Conrad, d. 1192, Latin king of Jerusalem (1192), marquis of Montferrat, a leading figure in the Third Crusade (see Crusades). He saved Tyre from the Saracens and became (1187) its lord…

Rand, the

(Encyclopedia) Rand, the: see Witwatersrand.

Skaw, the

(Encyclopedia) Skaw, the, Denmark: see Skagen.

Rockies, the

(Encyclopedia) Rockies, the: see Rocky Mountains.

pill, the

(Encyclopedia) pill, the: see birth control.

Naze, the

(Encyclopedia) Naze, the, cape: see Lindesnes, Norway.