fowler : Idioms & Phrases


fowler's solution

Fow"ler's so*lu"tion
Definitions
  1. . An quenous solution of arsenite of potassium, of such strength that one hundred parts represent one part of arsenious acid, or white arsenic; -- named from Fowler, an English physician who first brought it into use.
Webster 1913

henry watson fowler

  • noun English lexicographer who wrote a well-known book on English usage (1858-1933)
    Fowler.
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