10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WIZENED»
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wizened in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Turiya: A Collection of Wordizms
A Collection of Wordizms Kendra Wisdom Durand. The Wizened Hag's line was
dark as night and at one time all of them on down the line to the itty bitty babies
up to the grown adults had jerri curls placed in their heads to create the wave that
...
Kendra Wisdom Durand, 2008
The Wizened rose to his feet and pointed his staff. Red electricity surged from its
head and hit Nel. Every muscle in his body locked up, and he gasped for breath. “
What areyou doingto him?” Drogl demanded. Nel grimaced throughthe pain.
She is called simply "the Wizened One," or "the Mistress of the Cards."'4 This seer
knows what Manuela wants even before the girl can tell her. Shuffling the
mysterious cards "in her long grimy talons," she discloses that Manuela' s lover
was ...
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The Borders of Community: Looking at the Roles of Talk in ...
Manuela, however, seeks help from a more representative figure of the New
Orleans community by consulting the Wizened One. Elizabeth Ammons
describes the Wizened One as an "ancient female figure [who] deliberately
confuses ...
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Survey English Dialects
Eng. => creases, crease up, crimple, crinkle, crinkle up, frizzle up, furrow, get
dwindled, get shivelly, get withered, get wrinkled, get wrinkly, go dry-wizened, go
dry-wizzened => dry-wizened, go wizened, go wizzened => wizened, go wrinkly,
...
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Survey of English Dialects: The Dictionary and Grammar
Eng. =» creases, crease up, crimple, crinkle, crinkle up, frizzle up, furrow, get
dwindled, get shivclly, get withered, get wrinkled, get wrinkly, go dry-wizened, go
dry-wizzened => dry-wizened, go wizened, go wizzened => wizened, go wrinkly,
...
Clive Upton, David Parry, John David Allison Widdowson, 1994
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African Spirituality in Black Women's Fiction: Threaded ...
Manuela goes to a soothsayer, “a little wizened yellow woman,” to counter the
designs of her female rival, the “blonde and petite” Claralie (8, 5). Dunbar-
Nelson's identification of the soothsayer as a yellow woman is not insignificant:
her ...
A wizened little man shouted. The others quieted, waiting for the Shaman's
response. “He is entitled to his defence!” Hiam was shocked. “He will not allow
others to speak,” the wizened little man insisted. “Once he is awake, he will not
allow ...
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The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations: The Complete ...
The voiced th is resonant; the voiceless th is lispy and weak, wizened WIZ'nd (
WIZ- as in wizard). Wizened rhymes with risen + d. The participial adjective
wizened was created in the early 1500s from one of the oldest words in English,
the verb ...
Charles Harrington Elster, 2006
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Shakespere and Chaucer
1. mates, omitted as not used, and 4. wizened, (shr-) correctly pro- Mr. "Wright
could not think of the nounced. proper substitute. 5. ken, more used than know. 2.
way, this word is in Hexham used for road. Notes to No. 8, Hexham 2 dt., pp. 654
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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WIZENED»
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George Ezra brings wizened voice, youthful wit to House of Blues
For the uninitiated, when George Ezra opens his mouth, he must sound like he's singing on the wrong record speed. Out comes this resonant baritone that ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
Facebook turns to wizened old C++ to power new photo-sharing app
Sometimes the best tool for the job is the oldest one in the toolshed. For its new Moments photo-sharing application, Facebook eschewed the crop of currently ... «Computerworld, Jun 15»
Money for old folk
WHEN it comes to the economic impact of demography, Japan is the wizened canary in the world's coal mine. It has become older faster than any other big ... «The Economist, May 15»
Oops -- Santa Fe mayor refers to baby boomers as shriveled in op-ed
"We're building a system of support that will be a foundation for both the millennial with years of discovery ahead and the wizened boomer with years of earned ... «Santa Fe New Mexican, Apr 15»
Brock Lesnar Is A 'Wizened Caveman,' Will Retire From UFC And …
The members of the UFC Heavyweight division are going to sleep well tonight. Brock Lesnar is not coming back. The WWE and UFC star said he's “closing the ... «SportsGrid, Mar 15»
An interview with TED speaker Adora Svitak
While even she describes her perception of wisdom as “a wizened old sage with a beard flowing down to his feet,” Adora has spoken, at numerous events, of the ... «Daily Californian, Mar 15»
Vandals take down Sacramento State
MOSCOW, Idaho - They're not wizened old men yet but the Idaho Vandals took a huge step in maturity by wrapping up their Big Sky Conference homestand with ... «KREM.com, Feb 15»
Just Back: the two sides to Spain's economic recovery
We reach the village of Rascafria. It is not a whitewashed hamlet of Andalusia, bleached to an Englishman's dream with donkeys and wizened widows. Its streets ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 14»
Wizened marsupial, Adolf the Saint, rubbish Kris Welham and 10 …
Not bad from Gould, a bloke that looks like some kind of wizened marsupial. Cup for it: Leeds celebrate Challenge Cup success. 4) THE Challenge Cup will be ... «Mirror.co.uk, Sep 14»
Bent bureaucrats, 'fake dykes' and bad bakers — this week's theatre
His squashed eyes, shadowed jowls and mobile, rubbery lips give him the look of a wizened Victor Mature. And he knows how to get a great deal out of very little ... «Spectator.co.uk, Sep 14»
