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Brewer's: Vere Adeptus
One admitted to the fraternity of the Rosicrucians. In Rosycrucian lore as learned As he the Vere-adeptus earned. Butler: Hudibras. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Saker
A piece of light artillery. The word is borrowed from the saker hawk. (See Falcon.) The cannon, blunderbuss, and saker, He was the inventor of and maker. Butler: Hudibras, i. 2. Source:…Brewer's: Privolvans'
The antagonists of the Subvolvans, in S. Butler's satirical poem called The Elephant in the Moon. These, silly ranting Privolyans Have every summer their campaigns, And muster like the…Brewer's: Sleight of Hand
is artifice by the hand. (Icelandic, slædgh, German, schlich, cunning or trick.) And still the less they understand, The more they admire his sleight of hand. Butler Hudibras, pt. ii. c. 3…Brewer's: Wyoming
(3 syl.). In 1778 a force of British provincials and Indians, led by Colonel Butler, drove the settlers out of the valley, and Queen Esther tomahawked…1999-2000 College Football Pioneer League Final Standings
Pioneer League Conference Overall W L PF PA W L PF PA Dayton 4 0 137 31 6 4 325 210 Valparaiso 3 1 89 78 9 2…1998-99 College Football Pioneer League Final Standings
Pioneer League Conference Overall W L PF PA W L PF PA Drake 4 0 139 59 7 3 291 182 Dayton 3 1 110 98 6 4 279…Brewer's: Bedver
King Arthur's butler; Caius or Kaye was his sewer. (Geoffrey: British History, ix. 13.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BeeBed-rock A B C D E F G H I…Brewer's: Midlothian
Sir Walter Scott's Heart of Midlothian is a tale of the Porteous riot, in which are introduced the interesting incidents of Effie and Jeanie Deans. Effie is seduced while in the service of…Brewer's: Pudding-time
properly means just as dinner is about to begin, for our forefathers took their pudding before their meat. It also means in the nick of time. But Mars In pudding-time came to his aid.…Trending
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