A 19th Century dictionary of mining terms used in Derbyshire has fetched £17,000 at an auction. Hansons Auctioneers said the ...

The poet John Dryden wrote, “Words are but pictures of our thoughts,” and a couple of new ones — pogonotomy and xylarium — recently roused some mental illustrations. A xylarium ...

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