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Brewer's: Vicar of Bray
(The). Let who will be king, I will be vicar of Bray still. Brome says of Simon Alleyn that he “lived in the reigns of Henry VIII., Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth. In the first two…Brewer's: Go to!
A curtailed oath. “Go to the devil!” or some such phrase. Cassius: I [am] able than yourself To make conditions. Brutus: Go to! You are not, Cassius.' Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar, iv. 3. GO…Brewer's: Interest
(Latin). Something that is between the parties concerned. The interest of money is the sum which the borrower agrees to pay the lender for its use. To take an interest in anything is to…Brewer's: Jericho
Gone to Jericho. No one knows where. The manor of Blackmore, near Chelmsford, was called Jericho, and was one of the houses of pleasure of Henry VIII. When this lascivious prince had a…Brewer's: Buncle
(John). “A prodigious hand at matrimony, divinity, a song, and a peck.” He marries seven wives, loses all in the flower of their age, is inconsolable for two or three days, then resigns…Brewer's: Clerk
A scholar. Hence, beau-clerc. (See above, Clerical Titles .) All the clerks, I mean the learned ones, in Christian kingdoms, Have their free voices. Shakespeare: Henry VIII., ii. 2.…Brewer's: Colbronde
or Colbrand. The Danish giant slain by Sir Guy of Warwick. By the death of this giant the land was delivered from Danish tribute. I am not Samson, nor Sir Guy, nor Colbrand, To mowem down…Brewer's: Colt's-tooth
The love of youthful pleasure. Chaucer uses the word “coltish” for skittish. Horses have at three years old the colt's-tooth. The allusion is to the colt's teeth of animals, a period of…Brewer's: Challenge to the Array
(A Challenge to the Polls (A). An objection or protest to certain persons selected for a jury. If a man is not qualified to serve, or if he is supposed to be biassed, he may be challenged…Brewer's: Cheveril
He has a cheveril conscience. One that will easily stretch like cheveril or kid leather. “Oh, here's a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad!” —Shakespeare:…Trending
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