DIRCK VOLCKERTSEN COORNHERT
\dˈɜːk vˈɒlkətsən kˈɔːnhət], \dˈɜːk vˈɒlkətsən kˈɔːnhət], \d_ˈɜː_k v_ˈɒ_l_k_ə_t_s_ə_n k_ˈɔː_n_h_ə_t]\
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A Dutch poet and scholar (1522-90). By his poetical writings, "Book of Songs" (1575), "Right Use and Abuse of Worldly Possessions" (1585), and several dramas, as also by his elegant translations from Boccaccio and the classics, he earned the title of "restorer of the Dutch language".
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.
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