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Peng: A drop shot that finds the net or allows an easy return winner for the opponent

Peng Lu (Pan Leui): A compound movement: Ward Off, Peng (Pan) and Roll Back, Lu (Leui.) Peng (Pan), 'ward off,' is the most important Jin (Ging,) 'inner strength,' in taijiquan -- a deflection of an opponent's . . . View Full Definition

Alpenglow: Moderately vigorous Elmer Swenson selection listed as winter hardy to -20 deg. F. or lower. Light red-skin berries. Used primarily to make a light neutral white wine with very low acid and s . . . View Full Definition

Aspengold: Has synonym name ES 2-8-1. Pink skinned grape reported as a ES 5-14 x Swenson (Red) cross seedling derived vine. Bred for harsh cold conditions to -28 deg. F. (-34 C) and claimed to produce . . . View Full Definition

Peng Jing: This jing is described as having the body/energetic quality of a raft floating on water.

Wound-Rain: Also called blood-rain, this is a supernatural motif common in Old Norse sagas in which a rain of blood--sometimes boiling--falls on a ship or field, or, alternatively, an unattended and cle . . . View Full Definition

Medieval: The period of time roughly a thousand years long between the fall of the Roman Empire and the emergence of the Renaissance. Actual starting and ending points are somewhat arbitrary when desc . . . View Full Definition

Bai Men (Baat Mun): The Eight Gates, referring to eight forms of energy or 'jin/ging' that can be applied in Taijiquan. They are all manifestations of the single internal energy potential of Taiji, which assume . . . View Full Definition

Sick Verse: Mordant, black-humoured or horrific works such as edgar allan poe's 'the raven,' robert browning's ''childe roland to the dark tower came',' and robert service's 'the cremation of sam mcgee. . . . View Full Definition

Phonolexis: A term coined by philip davies roberts to describe 'meaning conveyed through phonemic connotation limited to speakers of a particular language' (how poetry works: the elements of english poe . . . View Full Definition