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Brewer's: Amram's Son

Moses. (Exodus vi. 20.) As when the potent rod Of Amram's son, in Egypt's evil day, Waved round the coast. Milton: Paradise Lost, i. 338–40. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…

Brewer's: Baguette d'Armide

(La) The sorcerer's wand. Armida is a sorceress in Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered. Baguette is a rod or wand. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BahagniaBagatelle…

Brewer's: Shadoff

or Shadoof. A contrivance in Egypt for watering lands for the summer crops. It consists of a long rod weighted at one end, so as to raise the bucket attached by a rope to the other end.…

Black Baseball Players

Notable African-American Baseball Players     Satchel Paige Browse more African-American biographies by category: A-Z List Government Officials Civil Rights Leaders…

"Open" for Business — Tennis (1968)

Related Links NFL Digest of RulesOfficial NBA RulesRules of Major League BaseballFIFA Laws of the GameRules of Tennis Cause: Tennis was split between two parties - amateurs and professionals - and…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: July 10, 1805

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark July 9, 1805July 11, 1805July 10, 1805 Wednesday July 10th 1805. Capt. Clark set out with his party early this morning and passed over to the…

Brewer's: Mumbo Jumbo

A bogie or bugbear in the Mandingo towns of Africa. As the Kaffirs have many wives, it not unfrequently happens that the house becomes quite unbearable. In such a case, either the husband…