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Brewer's: Pilate Voice
A loud ranting voice. In the old mysteries all tyrants were made to speak in a rough ranting manner. Thus Bottom the Weaver, after a rant “to show his quality,” exclaims, “That's 'Ercles'…Brewer's: Thrums
Weaver's ends and fagends of carpet, used for common rugs. (The word is common to many languages, as Icelandic, thraum; German, trumm; Dutch, drom; Greek, thrumma; all meaning “fag-ends”…Brewer's: Walk
(in Hudibras) is Colonel Hewson, so called from Gayton's tract. To walk. This is a remarkable word. It comes from the Anglo-Saxon wealcan (to…Brewer's: Beef
Ox The former is Norman, and the latter Saxon. The Normans had the cooked meat, and when set before them used the word they were accustomed to. The Saxon was the herdsman, and while the…Dick Howser Trophy
Dick Howser Trophy Presented to the College Player of the Year since 1987, by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) from 1987-98 and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers…Brewer's: Shafalus
So Bottom the weaver and Francis Flute the bellows-mender, call Cephalus, the husband of Procris. Pyramus: “Not Shafalus to Procrus was so true.” Thisbe: “As Shafalus to Procrus, I to…1 Chronicles: 20
1 Chronicles Chapter 20 1 And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the…The Celtic Twilight: "Dust Hath Closed Helen's Eye"
by W. B. Yeats Village GhostsA Knight of the Sheep"Dust Hath Closed Helen's Eye" I I have been lately to a little group of houses, not many enough to be called a village, in the barony…1979 Cannes Film Festival
Palme d'OrThe Tin Drum, Volker Schloendorff (Germany)Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola (United States)Special Jury PrizeSiberaid, Andrei Mikhalkov Kontchalovksy (U.S.S.R.)Best ActorJack…1953 Emmy Awards
Best Dramatic ProgramU.S. Steel Hour (ABC)Best Male Star of a Regular SeriesDonald O'Connor, Colgate Comedy HourBest Female Star of a Regular SeriesEve Arden, Our Miss BrooksBest Series…Trending
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