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Brewer's: OEil de Boeuf
(L'). A large reception-room (salle) in the palace of Versailles, lighted by round windows so called. The ceiling, decorated by Van der Meulen, contained likenesses of the children of…Brewer's: Oignement de Bretaigne
(French). A sound drubbing. Oignement is a noun corruptly formed from hogner. In Lyons boys called the little cuffs which they gave each other hognes. Frére Eleuthere a trenchoisons. Et j'…Brewer's: Huon de Bordeaux
encounters in Syria an old follower of the family named Gerasmes (2 syl.), whom he asks the way to Babylon. Gerasmes told him the shortest and best way was through a wood sixteen leagues…Brewer's: Façon de Parler
Idiomatic or usual form of speech, not meant to be offensive. I once told a waiter in Norway that the meat he brought me for breakfast was not sufficiently cooked; and he bluntly told me…Brewer's: Felo de Se
The act of a suicide when he commits self-murder. Murder is felony, and a man who murders himself commits this felony —felo de se. “A felo-de-se, therefore, is he that deliberately puts an…Brewer's: Femme de Chambre
(French.) A chambermaid. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894FemynyeFeme-sole 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 Z…Brewer's: Feu de Joie
(French). A running fire of guns on an occasion of rejoicing. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894FeudFettle A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q…Brewer's: Fiddle-de-dee!
An exclamation signifying what you say is nonsense or moonshine. Fiddle-de-dee is meant to express the sound of a fiddle-string vocalised. Hence “sound signifying nothing.” Source:…Brewer's: Fleur-de-Luce
A corruption of Fleur-de-Lis. (See Flag .) In Italian the white iris is called fiordilisa. Made thus. “They may give the dozen white luces in their coat.” —Shakespeare: Merry Wives, i. 1…Brewer's: Fleurs-de-Lys
In the reign of Louis VII. (1137-1180) the national standard was thickly charged with flowers. In 1365 the number was reduced by Charles VI. to three (the mystical church number). Guillim…Trending
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