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Saxon out, as Utoxeter, in Staffordshire; Utrecht, in Holland; “outer camp town”; the “out passage,” so called by Clotaire because it was the grand passage over or out of the Rhine before…Brewer's: Skopts, Skopti
or White Doves, A Russian religious sect who, taking Matt. xix. 12 and Luke xxiii. 29 as the bases of their creed, are all eunuchs, and the women are mutilated in a most barbarous manner,…Brewer's: Sun and Moon
Falling By the old heralds the arms of royal houses were not emblazoned by colours, but by sun, moon, and stars. Thus, instead of or (gold), a royal coat has the sun; instead of argent (…American Minor League Hockey Scoring Leaders: 2000
GmGAPtsPMChristian Matte, Her73436110483Mike Maneluk, Phi73474087156Mark Greig, Phi68344882112Derek Armstrong, Har77285482101Serge Aubin, Her5842388050Mike Craig, Ken76393978116Brad Smyth,…All-Time Scoring Leaders
All-Time Scoring Leaders(Through 2005)Rank PlayerTouch-downsPlayerPoints1.Jerry Rice208Gary Anderson2,4342.Emmitt Smith175Morten Andersen2,3583.Marcus Allen145George Blanda2,0024.Marshall…Brewer's: Gallicism
(g hard). A phrase or sentence constructed after the French idiom; as, “when you shall have returned home you will find a letter on your table.” Government documents are especially guilty…Brewer's: Goodman
A husband or master is the Saxon guma or goma (a man), which in the inflected cases becomes guman or goman. In St. Matt. xxiv. 43, “If the goodman of the house had known in what watch the…Brewer's: Field Works
Works thrown up by an army in besieging or defending a fortress, or in strengthening its position. “Earth-forts, and especially field works, will hereafter play an important part in wars…Brewer's: Mercy
A young pilgrim who accompanied Christiana in her pilgrimage to Mount Zion. She married Matthew, Christian's son. (Bunyan: Pilgrim's Progress, part ii.) Mercy. The seven works of mercy…Brewer's: Paludamentum
A distinctive mantle worn by a Roman general in the time of war. This was the “scarlet robe” in which Christ was invested. (Matt. xxvii. 28.) “They flung on him an old scarlet paludamentum…Trending
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