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Brewer's: Bell-wavering
Vacillating, swaying from side to side like a bell. A man whose mind jangles out of tune from delirium, drunkenness, or temporary insanity, is said to have his wits gone bell-wavering. “I…Brewer's: C
There is more than one poem written of which every word begins with C. For example: (1) One composed by HUEBALD in honour of Charles le Chauve. It is in Latin hexameters and runs to somewhat more…Brewer's: Calamity
The beating down of standing corn by wind or storm. The word is derived from the Latin calamus (a stalk of corn). Hence, Cicero calls a storm Calamitosa tempestas (a corn-levelling…Brewer's: Care Sunday
(the fifth Sunday in Lent). Professor Skeat tells us (Notes and Queries, Oct. 28th, 1893), that “care” means trouble, suffering; and that Care-Sunday means Passion-Sunday. In Old High…Brewer's: Chat de Beaugency
(Le). Keeping the word of promise to the ear, but breaking it to the sense. The legend is this: An architect was employed to construct a bridge over the Loire, opposite Beaugency, but not…Brewer's: Deaf
Deaf as an adder. (See below, Deaf adder.) Deaf as a post. Quite deaf; or so inattentive as not to hear what is said. One might as well speak to a gate-post or log of wood. Deaf as a…Brewer's: Gibberish
(g hard). Geber, the Arabian, was by far the greatest alchemist of the eleventh century, and wrote several treatises on “the art of making gold” in the usual mystical jargon, because the…Deadliest Hurricanes in the United States (U.S. Mainland)
Rank Hurricane Year Category1 Deaths 1. Galveston, Tex. 1900 4 8,000 2. Maria (Puerto Rico) 2017 5 3,000 3. Lake Okeechobee, Fla. 1928 4 2,500…Most Intense<sup class="fnr">1</sup> Hurricanes in the United States<sup class="fnr">2</sup>
(U.S. Mainland) Rank Hurricane Year Category3 1. Florida Keys 1935 5 2…Brewer's: Sick Man
(The). So Nicholas of Russia (in 1844) called the Ottoman Empire, which had been declining ever since 1586. “I repeat to you that the sick man is dying; and we must never allow such an…Trending
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