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Titania

noun

A white powder used as a pigment for its high covering power and durability. Synonyms: titanic oxide, titanium dioxide, titanium oxide.

(Middle Ages) the queen of the fairies in medieval folklore.

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"Titania" Quotes from Famous Books

... hear what he says; and then, if we judge favourably of the Cobbler's version, we will go at night and talk with the Cobbler's lodgers; and I dare say," added Vance, kindly, but with a sigh,—"I daresay the three pounds will be coaxed out of me! After all, her head is worth it. I want an idea for Titania." ...

— What Will He Do With It, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... Ruth is the dearest thing I ever laid eyes on," declared Tony next day to her brother. "Her name ought to be Titania. I'm not very big myself, but I feel like an Amazon beside her. And her laugh is the sweetest thing—so soft and silvery, like little bells. But she doesn't laugh much, ...

— Wild Wings - A Romance of Youth • Margaret Rebecca Piper

... and through its mazy ringlets, Titania may have led her elfin rout, Or Ariel fanned it with his gauzy winglets, Or Puck danced in the ...

— Pipe and Pouch - The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry • Various

... was the first of his works which has retained its popularity. The year following he composed the overture to "The Midsummer Night's Dream," one of the most remarkable pieces of the early romantic school. In this the fairy-like music of Titania and her elves is charmingly contrasted with the folk songs and the absurd bray of the transformed Bottom. He had already written an opera "Camacho," which had been submitted to Spontini, the musical director of Berlin, but it was never performed. He entered at the University ...

— A Popular History of the Art of Music - From the Earliest Times Until the Present • W. S. B. Mathews

... seemed to have taken a fancy to the lad—so his expulsion was postponed to another season; and before that season arrived, poor Jesse had secured the goodwill of an advocate far more powerful than Venus—an advocate who, contrasted with himself, looked like Ariel by the side of Caliban, or Titania watching over Bottom ...

— Jesse Cliffe • Mary Russell Mitford

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