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Brewer's: Bell of Patrick's Will
(clog an eadhachta Phatraic ) is six inches high, five broad, and four deep. It certainly was in existence in the sixth century. In the eleventh century a shrine was made for it of gold…Brewer's: Bell Savage
or La Belle Sauvage = Pocahontas. According to one derivation it is a contraction of Isabelle Savage, who originally kept the inn. It is some-what remarkable that the sign of the inn was a…Brewer's: Bell-wavering
Vacillating, swaying from side to side like a bell. A man whose mind jangles out of tune from delirium, drunkenness, or temporary insanity, is said to have his wits gone bell-wavering. “I…Brewer's: Belles Lettres
Polite literature (French); similarly, Beaux arts, the fine arts. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BellefontaineBelle A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…Brewer's: Pardon Bell
The Angelus bell. So called because of the indulgence once given for reciting certain prayers forming the angelus. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Passing Bell
(The). It now means the bell tolled to announce the death of one who has died in the parish; but originally it meant the bell which announced that the person was in extremis, or passing…Brewer's: Gall's Bell
(St.). A four-sided bell, which was certainly in existence in the seventh century, and is still shown in the monastery of St. Gall, Switzerland. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E…Brewer's: Dumb-bells
In New College, Oxford, there still is an apparatus for developing the muscles similar to that which sets church-bells in motion. It consists of a fly-wheel with a weight attached, and the…Wedding Bell Blues
Director: Dana LustigWriter: Annette Goliti GutierrezDirector of Photography:Kent WakefordEditor:Caroline RossMusic:Paul Christian Gordon and Tal BergmanProduction Designer:Shay…Bell and Watson's Recall
The Question: What were the first U.S. cities linked by a transcontinental phone line? The Answer: On Jan. 25, 1915, the first official…Trending
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