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Brewer's: Guinea-hen
A courtesan who is won by money. “Ere ... I would drown myself for the love of a Guinea-hen, I would change my humanity with a baboon.” —Shakespeare: Othello, i. 3. Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: Hen and Chickens
(in Christian art), emblematical of God's providence. (See St. Matthew xxiii. 37.) A whistling maid and crowing hen is neither fit for God nor men. A whistling maid means a witch, who…Brewer's: Hen-pecked
A man who submits to be snubbed by his wife. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Hen and ChickensHemus A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T…Brewer's: Grey Hen
(A). A stone bottle for holding liquor. Large and small pewter pots mixed together are called “hen and chickens.” “A dirty leather wallet lay near the sleeper, ... also a grey-hen which…Brewer's: Kain Hens
Hens that a tenant pays to his landlord, as a sort of rent in kind (ill-fed hens). (GuyMannering, v.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894KaiserKailyal A B C…Brewer's: Blue Hen
Captain Caldwell used to say that no cock could be truly game whose mother was not a blue hen. As Caldwell commanded the 1st Delaware regiment in the war, the State of Delaware was…Brewer's: Stank Hen
(A). A moor-hen. (Stagnum [Latin], a pool, pond, or stank [tank still common]; sto, to stand.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Stannary CourtsStanhope Lens…Brewer's: Tappit-hen
(A). A huge pewter measuring-pot, containing at least three English quarts. Readers of Waverley will remember (in chap. xi.) the Baron Bradwardine's tappit-hen of claret from Bordeaux. To…Brewer's: Setting a Hen
Giving her a certain number of eggs to hatch. The whole number for incubation is called a setting. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Setting a SawSethites A…John Hejduk 2000 Deaths
John HejdukAge: 71 highly respected and influential architect known for his theoretical projects and moody drawings. He died of cancer. Died: Bronx, N.Y., July 3, 2000Randolph A. HearstG -…Trending
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