Search
Search results
Displaying 171 - 180
The All-Star Game
The All-Star Game Baseball’s first All-Star Game was held on July 6, 1933, before 47,595 at Comiskey Park in Chicago. From that year on, the All- Star Game has matched the best players in the…Brewer's: Consenting Stars
Stars forming configurations for good or evil. In Judges v. 20 we read that “the stars in their courses fought against Sisera,” i.e. formed unlucky or malignant configurations. ... Scourge…Brewer's: Dog-star
The brightest star in the firmament. (See Dog-Days.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Dog-vaneDog-sleep A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R…Brewer's: Son of the Star
[Bar Cochab]. A name assumed by Simon the Jew, in the reign of Hadrian, who gave himself out to be the “Star out of Jacob” mentioned in Numbers xxiv. 17. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Star of Bethlehem
(The), botanically called ornithogalum. The French peasants call it “La dame d'onze henres,” because it opens at eleven o'clock. Called “star” because the flower is star-shaped; and “…Brewer's: Star Chamber
A court of civil and criminal jurisdiction at Westminster, abolished in the reign of Charles I. So called because the ceiling or roof was decorated with gilt stars. Its jurisdiction was to…Brewer's: Star-crossed
Not favoured by the stars; unfortunate. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Star of BethlehemStar Chamber A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S…Brewer's: Star of the South
A splendid diamond found in Brazil in 1853. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Stars and Garters!Star of Bethlehem A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…Brewer's: Stars and Garters!
(My). An expletive, or mild kind of oath. The stars and garters of knighthood. Shakespeare makes Richard III. swear “By my George, my garter, and my crown !” (Richard III., iv. 4.)…Brewer's: Stars and Stripes
(The) or the Star-spangled Banner, the flag of the United States of North America. The first flag of the United States, raised by Washington June 2, 1776, consisted of thirteen stripes,…Trending
Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
