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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: Bardolph
One of Falstaff's inferior officers. Falstaff calls him “the knight of the burning lamp,” because his nose was so red, and his face so “full of meteors.” He is a low-bred, drunken…Brewer's: Michel
or Cousin Michael. A German. Michel means a dolt; thus the French call a fool who allows himself to be taken in by thimble-rigs and card tricks mikel. In Old French the word mice occurs,…Brewer's: Psycarpax
[granary thief]. Son of Troxartas, King of the Mice. The Frogking offered to carry the young prince over a lake, but scarcely had he got midway when a water-hydra appeared, and King Frog,…Brewer's: Feeble
Most forcible Feeble. A writer whose language is very “loud,” but whose ideas are very jejune. Feeble is a “woman's tailor,” brought to Sir John Falstaff as a recruit. He tells Sir John “…1996-97 Boxing Junior Flyweights (108 lbs)
Junior Flyweights (108 lbs) (Light Flyweights) Date Winner Loser Result Title Site Oct. 12 Michael Carbajal Tomas Rivera TKO 5 IBF Anaheim, Calif. Oct. 19…San Diego, Calif.
Mayor: Kevin Faulconer (to Jan. 2017)2010 census population (rank): 1,307,402 (8); Male: 660,626 (50.5%); Female: 646,776 (49.5%); White: 769,971 (58.9%); Black: 87,949 (6.7%); American…Old Sultan
Old Sultan A shepherd had a faithful dog, called Sultan, who was grown very old, and had lost all his teeth. And one day when the shepherd and his wife were standing together before the house…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, February 26, 1806
Day 1229 Day 1231 Clark, February 26, 1806 Wednesday February 26th 1806 This morning we dispatched Drewyer and two men in our indian canoe up the Columbia River to take Sturgion and…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, April 9, 1805
Day 583 Day 585 Lewis, April 9, 1805 Tuesday April 9th Set out as early as it was possible to see this morning and proceed about five miles where we halted and took beakfas- the Indian man…Trending
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