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Brewer's: Valkyriur
or Valkyries. The twelve nymphs of Valhalla. They were mounted on swift horses, and held drawn swords in their hands. In the mêléc of battle they selected those destined to death, and…Brewer's: Soil the Milk before Using It
Yorkshire for “Sile the milk, etc.” —i.e. strain it, or skim it. A sile is a sieve or strainer. “Take a handeful of sauge, and stampe it, and temper it with hate ale, and sythene syle it…Brewer's: Melibeus
or Melibe. A wealthy young man, married to Prudens. One day, when Melibeus “went into the fields to play,” some of his enemies got into his house, beat his wife, and wounded his daughter…Brewer's: Wig
A variation of the French perruque, Latin pilucca, our periwig cut short. In the middle of the eighteenth century we meet with thirty or forty…Brewer's: Iron Mask
The man in the iron mask (called Lestang) was Count Ercolo Antonio Matthioli, a senator of Mantua, and private agent of Ferdinand Charles, Duke of Mantua. He suffered imprisonment of…Celebrity Baby Names
The interesting, odd, and downright crazy names celebrities give their children compiled by Erin Teare Martin Visit the Interactive Baby Name Finder for more popular baby names. Celebrity…Trending
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