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Brewer's: Apple
(Newton and the). Voltaire tells us that Mrs. Conduit, Newton's niece, told him that Newton was at Woolsthorpe, when, seeing an apple fall, he was led into a train of though…Brewer's: Adam's Apple
The protuberance in the fore-part of a man's throat; so called from the superstition that a piece of the forbidden fruit which Adam ate stuck in his throat, and occasioned t…Brewer's: Bragi's Apples
An instant cure of weariness, decay of power, ill temper, and failing health. These apples were inexhaustible, for immediately one was eaten its place was supplied by anothe…Brewer's: Devil's Apple
The mandrake. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Devil's ArrowsDevil's Advocate A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V …Brewer's: Apple-john
(An). An apple so called from its being at maturity about St. John's Day (May 6th). We are told that apple-johns will keep for two years, and are best when shrivelled. “I am…Brewer's: Punic Apple
A pomegranate; so called because it is the pomum or “apple” belonging to the genus Punica. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Punic FaithPundit …Brewer's: Singing Apple
was a ruby apple on a stem of amber. It had the power of persuading anyone to anything merely by its odour, and enabled the possessor to write verses, make people laugh or c…Brewer's: Golden Apple
“What female heart can gold despise? ” (Gray) In allusion to the fable of Atalanta, the swiftest of all mortals. She vowed to marry only that man who could outstrip her in a…Brewer's: Median Apples
Pome-citrons. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Median StoneMediaeval A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y …Brewer's: Apple-pie Bed
A bed in which the sheets are so folded that a person cannot get his legs down; from the apple turnover; or, more probably, a corruption of “a nap-pe-pli bed.” (French, napp…Trending
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