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Brewer's: Painter

The rope which binds a ship's boat to the ship. (Latin, panthera; French, pantière, a drag-net; panteur, a stretcher.) I'll cut your painter for you. I'll send you to the right about in…

Brewer's: Good Friday

The anniversary of the Crucifixion. “Good” means holy. Probably good = God, as in the phrase “Good-bye” (q.v.). Born on Good Friday. According to ancient superstition, those born on…

Brewer's: Good Hater

(A). I love a good hater. I like a man to be with me or against me, either to be hot or cold. Dr. Johnson called Bathurst the physician a “good hater,” because he hated a fool, and he…

Brewer's: Heart in his Mouth

His heart was in his mouth. That choky feeling in the throat which arises from fear, conscious guilt, shyness, etc. “The young lover tried to look at his ease, ... but his heart was in his…

Brewer's: Henry

(Poor), a touching tale in poetry by Hartmann von der Aur [Our ], one of the minnesingers (12th century). Henry, prince of Hoheneck, in Bavaria, being struck with leprosy, was told that he…

Brewer's: Herb

Many herbs are used for curative purposes simply because of their form or marks: thus, wood-sorrel, being shaped like a heart, is used as a cordial; liver-wort for the liver; the celandine…

Brewer's: Highness

The Khedive of Egypt is styled “Your Highness,” or “His Highness;” The children of kings and queens, “Your Royal Highness,” or “His Royal Highness;” The children of emperors, “Your…

Brewer's: Grab

To clutch or seize. I grabbed it; he grabbed him, i.e. the bailiff caught him. (Swedish, grabba, to grasp; Danish, griber; our grip, gripe, grope, grupple.) A land grabber. A very common…

Choosing a Pope

Learn how a new pope is selected upon the death or retirement of a sitting pontiff Benedict XVI Related Links Biography of Benedict XVI Major Religions of the World…

Women in Technology

Profiles of female trailblazers in technology by Jennie Wood Ada Lovelace, the First Computer Programmer Women in Technology Ada Lovelace Grace Hopper Hedy Lamarr Jean Sammet Roberta…