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Brewer's: Chouse
(1 syl.). To cheat out of something. Gifford says the interpreter of the Turkish embassy in England is called chiaus, and in 1609 this chiaus contrived to defraud his government of 4,000,…Brewer's: Matilda
Daughter of Lord Robert Fitzwalter. Michael Drayton has a poem of some 670 lines so called. Matilda. Daughter of Rokeby, and niece of Mortham. She was beloved by Wilfrid, son of Oswald,…Timeline: Modern Fashion, 1858-1920
Part I: 1858-1920 by David Johnson 1858 1906 1913 1914-1918 1920s Next: 1930-1968 1858 Englishman Charles Worth establishes first haute couture fashion house in Paris Top 1906…Brewer's: Dun in the Mire
To draw Dun out of the mire. To lend a helping hand to one in distress. The allusion is to an English game, explained by Mr. Gifford in his edition of Ben Jonson, vii. 283. A log of wood…Brewer's: Black-guards
Those horse-boys and unmilitary folk, such as cooks with their pots, pans, and other kitchen utensils, which travel with an army, and greatly impede its march. Gifford, in his edition of…Brewer's: Bo
or Boh, in old Runic, was a fierce Gothic captain, son of Odin. His name was used by his soldiers when they would take the enemy by surprise. (Sir William Temple.) From this name comes our…Biographies: Radio and Television Personalities
Radio and Television Personalities Ed Sullivan See also People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links The Emmy® Awards International Consortium of Investigative Journalists…Scientists: Earth Sciences
// Cite Geologists, geographers, naturalists, oceanographers, and paleontologists Related Links Geology Nature Weather Dinosaur Central…Brewer's: Death from Strange Causes
Æ'schylus was killed by the fall of a tortoise on his bald head from the claws of an eagle in the air. (Valerius Maximus, ix. 12, and Pliny: History, vii. 7.) Agathocles (4 syl.), tyrant…Entertainment News from February 2000
6Richard Gere and girlfriend Cary Lowell, former star of Law & Order, welcome their first child, a son, Homer James Jigme Gere, who weighed in at 8 pounds, 12 ounces. It's the first child…Trending
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