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Brewer's: Sans Culottides
The five complementary days added to the twelve months of the Revolutionary Calendar. Each month being made to consist of thirty days, the riff-raff days which would not conform to the law…Brewer's: Scobellum
A very fruitful land, but the inhabitants “exceeded the cannibals for cruelty, the Persians for pride, the Egyptians for luxury, the Cretans for lying, the Germans for drunkenness, and all…Brewer's: Tithonus
A beautiful Trojan beloved by Aurora. He begged the goddess to grant him immortality, which request the goddess granted; but as he had forgotten to ask for youth and vigour he soon grew…Brewer's: Walton Bridle
(The). The “gossip's or scold's bridle.” One of these bridles is preserved in the vestry of the church of Walton-on-Thames. Iron bars pass round the…Brewer's: Coq-a-l'ane
A cock-and-bull story; idle nonsense, as “Il fait toujours des coq-à-l'âne ”- he is always doing silly things, or talking rubbish. Il m'a répondu par un coq-à-l'âne —His reply was nothing…Brewer's: Cymochles
A man of prodigious might, brother of Pyrochles, son of Malice (Acrates) and Despite, and husband of Acrasia, the enchantress. He sets out to encounter Sir Guyen, but is ferried over the…Brewer's: Arzina
A river that flows into the North Sea, near Wardhus, where Sir Willoughby's three ships were frozen, and the whole crew perished of starvation. In these fell regions, in Arzina caught, And…Brewer's: Skirt
To sit upon one's skirt. To insult, or seek occasion of quarrel. Tarlton, the clown, told his audience the reason why he wore a jacket was that “no one might sit upon his skirt.” Sitting…Brewer's: Slate One
(To). To criticise, expose in print, show up, reprove. A scholastic term. Rebellious and idle boys are slated, that is, their names are set down on a slate to expose their offence, and…Brewer's: Paridel
A young gentleman that travels about and seeks adventure, because he is young, rich, and at leisure. (See below.) Thee, too, my Paridel, she marked thee there, Stretched on the rack of a…Trending
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