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41compotation — /kom peuh tay sheuhn/, n. an act or instance of drinking or tippling together. [1585 95; < L compotation (s. of compotatio, trans. of Gk sympósion SYMPOSIUM). See COM , POTATION] * * * …
42tipple — tipple1 /tip euhl/, v., tippled, tippling, n. v.i. 1. to drink intoxicating liquor, esp. habitually or to some excess. v.t. 2. to drink (intoxicating liquor), esp. repeatedly, in small quantities. n. 3. intoxicating liquor. [1490 1500; back… …
43ancient Rome — ▪ ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia Introduction the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 BC, through the events leading to the… …
44O'Toole, Peter — ▪ Irish actor in full Peter Seamus O Toole born August 2, 1932, Connemara, County Galway, Ire. Irish stage and film actor whose range extends from classical drama to contemporary farce. O Toole grew up in Leeds, England, and was… …
45Illinois — • One of the United States of America, bounded on the north by Wisconsin, on the west by the Mississippi, which separates it from Iowa and Missouri, on the south by the confluent waters of the Mississippi and the Ohio, which separate it from… …
46Maine — • Commonly known as the Pine Tree State, but is sometimes called the Star in the East Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Maine Maine …
47bibulosity — noun A fondness for tippling Syn: bibulousness See Also: bibulate …
48Jerry Thomas (bartender) — For the Louisiana politician and physician, see Jerry Thomas (Louisiana politician). For the baseball player, see Jerry Thomas (baseball). Jerry Thomas Thomas mixing his signature drink: The Blue Blazer Born 1830 Sackets Harbor …
49Mnesitheus — (Greek: Μνησίθεος; 4th century BC) of Athens, was a Greek physician, who probably lived in the 4th century BC, as he is quoted by the comic poet Alexis.[1] He belonged to the Dogmatic school of medicine.[2] He enjoyed a great reputation, and was… …
50Murder in Samarkand — (published in the US under the title Dirty Diplomacy) is a non fiction book by British activist and former ambassador to Uzbekistan, Craig Murray. The book[1] forms an account of Murray s controversial ambassadorship at the UK embassy in Tashkent …
