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Brewer's: Care-cloth
(The). The fine linen cloth laid over the newly-married in the Catholic Church. (Anglo-Saxon, cear, large, as cear wúnd (a big wound), cear sorh (a great sorrow), etc.) Source:…Brewer's: Cato
He is a Cato. A man of simple life, severe morals, self-denying habits, strict justice, brusque manners, blunt of speech, and of undoubted patriotism, like the Roman censor of that name…Brewer's: Catsup
or Ketchup. The Eastern kitjap (soy sauce). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CattedCato-Street Conspiracy A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R…Brewer's: Catual
Chief minister of the Zamorin or ancient sovereign of India. Begirt with high-plumed nobles, by the flood The first great minister of India stood, His name `the Catual' in India's tongue…Brewer's: Come and take Them
The reply of Leonidas, King of Sparta, to the messengers sent by Xerxes to Thermop'-ylae. Xerxes said, “Go, and tell those madmen to deliver up their arms.” Leonidas replied, “Go, and tell…Brewer's: Nilica
or Sephalica. A plant in the blossoms of which the bees sleep. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Nimble as a Cat on a hot Bake-stoneNile A B C D E F G H…Brewer's: Tab
An old Tab. An old maid; an old tabby or cat. So called because old maids usually make a cat their companion. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894TabardT-Rule A…Brewer's: Tail
Lion's tail. Lions, according to legend, wipe out their footsteps with their tail, that they may not be tracked. Twisting the lion's tail. (See Twisting.) He has no more tail than a Manx…Brewer's: Tamarisk
from a Hebrew word meaning to cleanse, so called from its abstersive qualities. The Romans wreathed the brows of criminals with tamarisk. The Arabs make cakes called manna of the hardened…Brewer's: Tamerlane
(3 syl.). A corruption of Timour Lengh (Timour the Lame), one of the greatest warrior-kings that ever lived. Under him Persia became a province of Tartary. He modestly called himself Ameer…Trending
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