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Brewer's: Old Style- New Style

Old Style means computed according to the unreformed calendar. New Style means computed according to the calendar reformed and corrected by Gregory XIII. in 1582. The New Style was…

Brewer's: Style

(1 syl.) is from the Latin stylus (an iron pencil for writing on waxen tablets, etc.). The characteristic of a person's writing is called his style. Metaphorically it is applied to…

Brewer's: Styles

Tom Styles or John a Styles, connected with John o'Noakes in actions of ejectment. These mythical gentlemen, like John Doe and Richard Roe, are no longer employed. And, like blind Fortune…

Style & Substance

CBSSpring Midseason ReplacementMonday 9:30–10:00 p.m.Cast: Jean Smart, Nancy McKeon, Joseph Maher, Linda Kash and Heath Hyche Like Martha Stewart, whom the show obviously and lightheartedly…

Old Style vs. New Style years

The Question: Your 2/11/1731 O.S. date of birth for George Washington is off by one year. It should be 2/11/1732 O.S. The Answer: Our…

Swift, Taylor Alison

(Encyclopedia) Swift, Taylor Alison, 1989- , American singer-songwriter, b. West Reading, Pa. A precocious songwriter, Swift moved to Nashville…

Brewer's: New Style

The reformed or Gregorian calendar, adopted in England in September, 1752. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894New TestamentNew Man A B C D E F G H I J…

Brewer's: Racy Style

Piquant composition, the very opposite of mawkish. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Radcliffe LibraryRacy A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R…

Brewer's: Dry Style

(of writing). Without pathos, without light and shade; dull level, and unamusing. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Dry WineDry Shave A B C D E F G H I…