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Brewer's: Athenian Bee
Plato, a native of Athens, was so called because his words flowed with the sweetness of honey. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894AthensAthenæum A B C D E…Brewer's: Mealy-mouthed
is the Greek melimuthos (honey-speech), and means velvet-tongued, afraid of giving offence. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894MeanderMeals A B C D E F G…Brewer's: Gilt
(g hard). To take the gilt off the gingerbread. To destroy the illusion. The reference is to gingerbread watches, men, and other gilded toys, sold at fairs. These eatables were common even…Brewer's: Electuary
Something to be licked up, a medicine made “thick and slab,” which cannot be imbibed like a liquid nor bolted like a pill, but which must be licked up like honey. (Greek, ek-leicho.)…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Ode (Inscribed to W. H. Channing)
OdeInscribed to W.H. ChanningThough loath to grieve The evil time's sole patriot, I cannot leave My honied thought For the priest's cant, Or statesman's rant. If I refuse My study for their…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, July 15, 1806
Day 1545 Day 1547 Clark, July 15, 1806 Tuesday 15th July 1806 we collected our horses and after an early brackft at 8 A M Set out and proceeded up the branch to the head thence over a low…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, June 10, 1805
Day 709 Day 711 Lewis, June 10, 1805 Monday June 10th 1805. The day being fair and fine we dryed all our baggage and merchandize. Shields renewed the main Spring of my air gun we have been…Brewer's: Cerberus
A grim, watchful keeper, house-porter, guardian, etc. Cerberus, according to Roman mythology, is the three-headed dog that keeps the entrance of the infernal regions. Herculës dragged the…Brewer's: Claret
The wine so called does not receive its name from its colour, but the colour so called receives its name from the wine. The word means clarified wine (vinum claretum) What we call…Brewer's: Stephens
(Joanna) professed to have made a very wonderful discovery, and Drummond, the banker, set on foot a subscription to purchase her secret. The sum, she asked was 5,000. When 1,500 had been…Trending
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