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Brewer's: Louvre of St. Petersburg

(The). The Hermitage, an imperial museum. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894LoveLouvre A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X…

Brewer's: Mont St. Michel

in Normandy, formerly called Belen. Here nine Druidesses sold to sailors the arrows to charm away storms. The arrows had to be discharged by a young man twenty-one years old. Source:…

Brewer's: Lion of St. Mark

(See under Lion, heraldry.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Lion of the ReformationLion of God A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U…

Brewer's: Knights of St. Crispin

Shoemakers. Crispin Crispian was a shoe maker. (See Henry V., iv. 3.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knights of St. PatrickKnights of Malta A B C D E F…

Brewer's: Knights of St. Patrick

Instituted in 1783, in honour of the patron saint of Ireland. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knights of the BagKnights of St. Crispin A B C D E F G…

Brewer's: St. Bees' College

(Cumberland), situated on the bay formed by St. Bees' Head, founded by Dr. Law, Bishop of Chester, in 1816. St. Bees' was so called from a nunnery founded here in 650, and dedicated to the…

Brewer's: St. Cuthbert's Duck

The eider duck. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894St. DistaffSt. Cecilia A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…

Brewer's: St. George's Cross

in heraldry, is a Greek cross gules upon a field argent. The field is represented in the Union Jack by a narrow fimbriation. It is the distinguishing badge of the British navy. St. George…

Brewer's: St. John Long

An illiterate quack, who professed to have discovered a liniment which had the power of distinguishing between disease and health. The body was rubbed with it, and if irritation appeared…

Brewer's: St. Johnstone's Tippet

A halter; so called from Johnstone the hangman. “Sent to heaven wi' a St. Johnston's tippit about my hause.” —SirWalterScott: Old Mortality. chap. viii Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…