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Brewer's: Sun and Moon
Falling By the old heralds the arms of royal houses were not emblazoned by colours, but by sun, moon, and stars. Thus, instead of or (gold), a royal coat has the sun; instead of argent (…Brewer's: Shoot the Moon
(To). To remove house furniture by night to avoid distraint. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Shoot the SunShoemakers A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…Brewer's: Moon-calf
is an inanimate, shapeless mass (Pliny; Natural History, x. 64). This abortion was supposed to be produced by the influence of the moon. The primary meaning of calf is not the young of a…Brewer's: Moon-drop
In Latin, virus lunare, a vaporous drop supposed to be shed by the moon on certain herbs and other objects, when influenced by incantations. Upon the corner of the moon, There hangs a…Brewer's: Moon-maker
[Sagendë Nah], a surname given to the Veiled Prophot q.v.), who caused a moon to issue from a deep well, so brilliant that the real moon was eclipsed by it. Source: Dictionary of Phrase…Brewer's: Moon-rakers
The people of Wiltshire are so called. In the “good old times” they were noted smugglers, and one day, seeing the coastguard on the watch, they sunk in the sea some smuggled whisky. When…Brewer's: Moon's Men
Thieves and highway-men who ply their trade by night. “The fortune of us that are but Moon's-men doth ebb and flow like the sea.” —Shakespeare: 1 Henry IV., i. 2. Source: Dictionary of…New Neptunian Moons
In Jan. 2003, astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and the National Research Council of Canada announced that three new moons had been discovered orbiting Neptune…Cyrano de Bergerac, Savinien
(Encyclopedia) Cyrano de Bergerac, SavinienCyrano de Bergerac, SaviniensävēnyăNˈ sēränōˈ də bĕrzhəräkˈ [key], 1619–55, French novelist. Satirizing the customs and beliefs of his time, he wrote two…node
(Encyclopedia) node, in astronomy, point at which the orbit of a body crosses a reference plane. One reference plane that is often used is the plane of the earth's orbit around the sun (ecliptic).…Trending
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