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2 Kings

2 Kings Ch. 1: Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death… Ch. 2: And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up… Ch. 3: Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over… Ch. 4: Now…

Brewer's: St. Distaff

(See Distaff.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894St. ElmoSt. Cuthbert's Duck 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: Cut up Rough

(To). To be disagreeable or quarrelsome about anything. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CuthbertCut Short A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q…

Brewer's: Cutler's Poetry

Mere jingles or rhymes. Knives had, at one time, a distich inscribed on the blade by means of aqua fortis. Whose posy was For all the world like cutler's poetry Upon a kuife. Shakespeare…

1 Kings: 19

1 Kings Chapter 19 1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the…

Brewer's: St. Cecilia

born of noble Roman parents, and fostered from her cradle in the Christian faith, married Valirlan. One day she told him that an angel, “whether she was awake or asleep, was ever beside…

Brewer's: Bead

(Anglo-Saxon, bed, a prayer). When little balls with a hole through them were used for keeping account of the number of prayers repeated, the term was applied to the prayers also. (See…

2 Kings: 3

2 Kings Chapter 3 1 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. 2 And he wrought…

Scientists: Applied Sciences and Technology

Agriculturalists, computer scientists, electrical engineers, engineers, and inventors Related Links Computers and the Internet Inventions and Discoveries Inventors Hall of Fame…