WALTER CHALMERS SMITH
\wˈɒltə t͡ʃˈalməz smˈɪθ], \wˈɒltə tʃˈalməz smˈɪθ], \w_ˈɒ_l_t_ə tʃ_ˈa_l_m_ə_z s_m_ˈɪ_θ]\
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A Scotch poet and story-writer; born 1824. Among his writings are: "Olrig Grange: A Poem" (1872); "Hilda among the Broken Gods" (1878); "Raban, or Life Splinters" (1880); "North-Country Folk Poems" (1883); "Kildrostan", a dramatic poem" (1884); "A Heretic" (1890).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.