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Brewer's: Escapade
(3 syl.). French. Means literally an escape [from restraint]; hence a spree, lark, or prank. (Spanish, escapar, escapada.) “His second escapade was made for the purpose of visiting the…Brewer's: Kain Hens
Hens that a tenant pays to his landlord, as a sort of rent in kind (ill-fed hens). (GuyMannering, v.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894KaiserKailyal A B C…Brewer's: Sampson
A dominie Sampson. A humble pedantic scholar, awkward, irascible, and very old-fashioned. The character occurs in Sir Walter Scott's Guy Mannering. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable…Brewer's: Gunpowder Plot
The project of a few Roman Catholics to destroy James I. with the Lords and Commons assembled in the Houses of Parliament, on the 5th of November, 1605. It was to be done by means of…Brewer's: Bites and Bams
Hoaxes and quizzes; humbugery. “[His] humble efforts at jocularity were chiefly confined to ... bites and bams.” —SirW.Scott: Guy Mannering, chap. 3. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Bittock
A little bit; -ock as a diminutive is preserved in bull-ock, hill-ock, butt-ock, etc. “A mile and a bittock” is a mile and a little bit. (Sir Walter Scott: Guy Mannering, i.) Source:…Brewer's: Cramp-ring
To scour the crampring. To be put into fetters; to be imprisoned. The allusion is obvious. “There's no muckle hazard o' scouring the cramp-ring.” —Sir W. Scott: Guy Mannering, chap. xxiii…Brewer's: Dandie Dinmont
A jovial, true-hearted store-farmer, in Sir Walter Scott's Guy Mannering. Also a hardy hairy short-legged terrier. “From this dog descended Davidson of Hyndlee's breed, the original Dandie…Brewer's: Baga de Secretis
Records in the Record Office of trials for high treason and other State offences from the reign of Edward IV. to the close of the reign of George III. These records contain the proceedings…Algebra: Whipping Word Problems
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