• A pruning poem is a poem that uses rhymes that are prunings of each other. Each rhyme word is one letter shorter than the rhyme word in the preceding...
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    progymnasmata prose prosimetrum prosody protagonist protologism proverb pruning poem Psalm pun purple prose pyrrhic Contents Top A B C D E F G H I J K L M...
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    peasants by combining hand tools with long poles: in this case by putting a pruning hook onto a spear shaft. According to Sir Guy Francis Laking, among the...
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    plant that does not require much maintenance, and tolerates years without pruning or major insect and disease problems. Quince is cultivated on all continents...
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  • 4:3: "They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Antithesis is also found; here, the second unit directly contrasts...
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    are grown in shallow containers following the precise tenets of bonsai pruning and training, resulting in an artful miniature replica of a full-grown...
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    peoples; they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they...
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    Portugal, dwarf bush basil is traditionally presented in a pot, together with a poem and a paper carnation, to a sweetheart, on the religious holidays of John...
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    from relatively few early tools (axe, scythe/wide-bladed knife, and the pruning hook) and the spear. Thus naming, particularly of early forms, is difficult...
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    established on its host, it usually is possible to save a valuable branch by pruning and judicious removal of the wood invaded by the haustorium, if the infection...
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