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Brewer's: Joseph of Arimathea
brought to Listenise the sanctgraal and also the spear with which Longinus wounded the crucified Saviour. When Sir Balin entered this chamber, which was in the palace of King Pellam, he…Brewer's: Special Pleading
Quibbling; making your own argument good by forcing certain words or phrases from their obvious and ordinary meaning. A pleading in law means a written statement of a cause pro and con.,…Brewer's: Yoke
(1 syl.). Greek zugon, Latin jugum, French joug, Dutch juk, German joch, Anglo-Saxon geoc (pron. yoc). To pass under the yoke. To suffer the disgrace of a vanquished army. The Romans made…Brewer's: Ithuriel
One of the angels commissioned by Gabriel to search for Satan, who had effected his entrance into Paradise. The other angel who accompanied him was Zephon (Ithuriel means “the discovery of…Brewer's: Cap of Liberty
When a slave was manumitted by the Romans, a small red cloth cap, called pileus, was placed on his head. As soon as this was done, he was termed libertinus (a freedman), and his name was…Brewer's: Wife
is from the verb to weave. (Saxon wefan, Danish vaevc, German weben, whence weib, a woman, one who works at the distaff.) Woman is called the…Grimes, Tammy
actressBirthplace: Lynn, Mass.Born: 1/30/34Job: 41
Job Chapter 41 1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? 2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through…Brennan, Walter
actorBirthplace: Lynn, Mass.Born: 1894Died: 1974Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Epitaph On A Noisy Polemic
by Robert Burns The Belles Of MauchlineEpitaph On A Henpecked Country SquireEpitaph On A Noisy Polemic Below thir stanes lie Jamie's banes; O Death, it's my opinion, Thou…