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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…Brewer's: Limbus of the Moon
In the limbo of the moon. Ariosto (in his Orlando Furioso, xxxiv. 70) says, in the moon are treasured up such stores as these: Time misspent in play, all vain efforts, all vows never paid…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: Man in the Moon
(The). Some say it is a man leaning on a fork, on which he is carrying a bundle of sticks picked up on a Sunday. The origin of this fable is from Num. xv. 32-36. Some add a dog also; thus…Brewer's: Bay the Moon
(To). To bark at the moon. (French, aboyer, to bark at.) (See Bark. ) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Bay SaltBay A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…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: White Moon
(Knight of the). Sampson Carrasco assumed this character and device, in order to induce Don Quixote to abandon knight errantry, and return home. The…Moon Over Broadway
Directors/Editors:D.A. Pennebaker and Chris HegedusDirectors of Photography:D.A. Pennebaker, Nick Doob and James DesmondProducers:Frazer Pennebaker and Wendy EttingerArtistic License Films;…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…Trending
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