Search
Search results
Displaying 61 - 70
Brewer's: Stannary Courts
Courts of record in Cornwall and Devon for the administration of justice among the tinners. (Latin, stannum, tin.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894StarStank…Brewer's: Grey Friars
Franciscan friars, so called from their grey habit. Black friars are Dominicans, and White friars Carmelites. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Grey HenGrève…Brewer's: Guinea Fowl
So called because it was brought to us from the coast of Guinea, where it is very common. “Notwithstanding their barsh cry ... I like the Guinea-fowl. They are excellent layers, and…Brewer's: Setting a Saw
Bending the teeth alternately to the right or left in order to make it work more easily. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Setting of a JewelSetting a Hen A B…Brewer's: Wind Egg
An egg without a shell. Dr. Johnson's notion that the wind egg does not contain the principle of life is no more correct than the supersition that the…Easter, 1916
Easter, 1916I have met them at close of day Coming with vivid faces From counter or desk among grey Eighteenth-century houses. I have passed with a nod of the head Or polite meaningless words…Brewer's: Henchman. Henchboy
The Anglo-Saxon hinc is a servant or page; or perhaps henges-man, a horse-man; henges or hengst, a horse. I do but beg a little changeling boy To be my benchman. Shakespeare: Midsummer…Brewer's: Kaiser
The German Emperor. He receives the title from Dalmatia, Croatia, and the line of the Danube, which, by the arrangement of Diocletian, was governed by a prince entitled Caesar of the Holy…Brewer's: Rehoboam
(A). A clerical hat. “He [Mr. Helstone] was short of stature [and wore] a rehoboam, or shovel hat, which he did not ... remove.” —“Currer Bell”: Shirley, chap. i. Rehoboam A rehoboam…Brewer's: Partlet
The hen in Chaucer's Nun's Priest's Tale, and in the tale of Reynard the Fox (fourteenth century). So called from the partlet or loose collar of “the doublet,” referring to the frill-like…Trending
Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
