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Brewer's: Wishing-coat
Willie Wynkin's wishing-coat. An Irish locution. “I wish I had here Willie Wynkin's wishing-coat.” —HowardPyle: Robin Hood, p. 200. Source…2000-01 NFL Single Game Highs for Receiving Yards
AFC Ct Yds TD Jimmy Smith, Jax vs. Bal. (9/10) 15 291 3 Rod Smith, Den. vs. SD (11/19) 11 187 1 Tim Brown, Oak. vs. SF (10/8) 7 172 2 Eric Moulds, Buf.…Brewer's: Rococo Jewellery
strictly speaking, means showy jewellery made up of several different stones. Moorish decoration and Watteau's paintings are rococo. The term is now generally used depreciatingly for…Brewer's: Moses Slow of Speech
The account given in the Talmud (vi.) is as follows: Pharach was one day sitting on his throne with Moses on his lap, when the child took off the king's crown and put it on his own head.…Brewer's: Moses' Horns
Exodus xxxiv. 30, “All the children of Israel saw Moses, and the skin of his face shone, ” translated in the Vulgate, “Cornuta esset facies sua.” Rays of light were called horns. Hence in…Brewer's: Kiss the Mistress
(To). To make a good hit, to shoot right into the eye of the target. In bowls, what we now call the Jack used to be called the “mistress,” and when one ball just touches another it is said…Brewer's: Sparkling Heat
Heat greater than white heat. “There be several degrees of heat in a smith's forge, according to the purpose of their work: (1) a bloud-red heat; (2) a white flame heat; (3) a sparkling…Brewer's: Warrior Queen
(The). Boadicea, Queen of the Iceni. When the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the Roman rods, Sought, with an indignant mien, Counsel of her…Brewer's: Chabouk
(See Chibouque , p. 245.) Chabouk or Chabuk. A long whip, or the application of whips and rods; a Persian and Chinese punishment. (Dubois.) “Drag forward that fakir, and cut his robe…1979 Radio & Records All-Time Charts
1979 Radio & Records All-Time ChartsPop Adult“Rise” Herb Alpert (A&M)“I'll Never Love This Way Again” Dionne Warwick (Arista)“I Just Fell in Love Again” Anne Murray (Capitol)“She…Trending
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