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Brewer's: Paddock
Cold as a paddock. A paddock is a toad or frog; and we have the corresponding phrases “cold as a toad,” and “cold as a frog.” Both are cold-blooded. “Paddock calls.” (Macbeth, i. 1.)…Brewer's: Pelos
[mud]. Father of Physignathos, king of the frogs. (Battle of the Frogs and Mice.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894PeltPelorus Cape di Faro, A B C D E F…Rous, Francis Peyton
(Encyclopedia) Rous, Francis Peyton, 1879–1970, American pathologist, b. Baltimore, educated at Johns Hopkins (B.A., 1900; M.D., 1905). He taught (1906–8) pathology at the Univ. of Michigan and in…Tilly, Charles
(Encyclopedia) Tilly, Charles, 1929–2008, American sociologist, b. Lombard, Ill. Educated at Harvard and Oxford, Tilly taught at the Univ. of Michigan, the New School for Social Research, and…Toledo , city, United States
(Encyclopedia) ToledoToledotəlēˈdō [key], city (1990 pop. 332,943), seat of Lucas co., NW Ohio, on the Maumee River at its junction with Lake Erie; inc. 1837. With a natural harbor and its railroads…Brewer's: Botty
Conceited. The frog that tried to look as big as an ox was a “botty” frog (Norfolk ). A similar word is “swell,” though not identical in meaning. “Bumpkin” and “bumptious” are of similar…Brewer's: Nibelungers
Whoever possessed the “Nibelungen hoard” (q.v.). Thus at one time certain people of Norway were so called, but when Siegfried possessed himself of the hoard he was called King of the…Brewer's: Earthquakes
According to Indian mythology, the world rests on the head of a great elephant, and when, for the sake of rest, the huge monster refreshes itself by moving its head, an earthquake is…Brewer's: Physignathos
[one who swells the checks]. King of the Frogs, and son of Pelus [mud], slain by Troxartas, the Mouse-king. Great Physignathos I, from Peleus' race, Begot in fair Hydromede's embrace.…Brewer's: Latona
Mother of Apollo and Diana. When she knelt by a fountain in Delos (infants in arms) to quench her thirst at a small lake, some Lycian clowns insulted her and were turned into frogs. As…Trending
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