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Brewer's: Poisson d'Avril

An April fool. The poisson d'Avril is the mackerel, and we have the expression “You silly mackerel,” and silly indeed are those who allow themselves to be caught by the palpable jokes…

Brewer's: Proclaim on the Housetop

To proclaim or make known to everyone; to blab in public. Dr. Jahn says that the ancient Jews “ascended their roofs to announce anything to the multitude, to pray to God, and to perform…

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,…

NFC: Football Players, Sports

49ers, 38-22Minnesota (10-7)7078—22San Francisco (13-3)714107—38Date— Jan. 3. Att—65,018. Time—3:10.1st Quarter: SF—William Floyd 1-yd run (Gary Anderson kick), 8:03; MIN—Cris Carter 66-yd…

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: Passion Flower

The leaf symbolises the spear. The five anthers, the five wounds. The tendrils, the cords or whips. The column of the ovary, the pillar of the cross. The stamens, the hammers. The…

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: Lily of the Valley

The Convallaria majalis (the May valley plant); one of the species is Solomon's seal. It is by no means the case that the Convallaria grow only in valleys, although they prefer shady…

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…