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(sy ´ rd) (KEY) , d. 1055, earl of Northumbria. A Danish warrior, he probably came to England with King Canute. At the behest of King Harthacanute in...
(s tär´) (KEY) , fretted string instrument with a gourdlike body and a long neck, similar to the lute. It has from 3 to 7 gut strings, tuned in four...
(älfr d´ s s´l , s sl ´) (KEY) , 1839–99, French impressionist landscape painter, b. Paris, of English parents. He studied under Corot, Gleyre, ...
(h r´kül s z ´g rs) (KEY) , c.1590–c.1638, Dutch landscape painter and etcher. Seghers’s work greatly influenced early 17th-century Dutch lands...
(sm ´l ) (KEY) , 1857–1940, British labor official, b. Belfast, Ireland, of Scottish parents. He was president of the Scottish Miners’ Federation...
(s ´k ) (KEY) , in the Bible. 1 Town, SW ancient Palestine, SW of Bethlehem. It is also spelled Shochoh, Shoco, Shocho, Socho, and Sochoh. 2 Town, in...