GUSTAV KORTING
\ɡˈʌstav kˈɔːtɪŋ], \ɡˈʌstav kˈɔːtɪŋ], \ɡ_ˈʌ_s_t_a_v k_ˈɔː_t_ɪ_ŋ]\
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A German philologist; born at Dresden, June 25, 1845. Professor at Munster (1876) and Kiel (1893), he has written many and valuable works in the line of his specialty; and, of particular interest to readers of English, an excellent "History of English Literature" (2d ed. 1893).
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.