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Brewer's: Scudding under Bare Poles
In seaman's language to scud means to drive before a gale with no sails, or only just enough to keep the vessel ahead of the sea; “scudding under bare poles” is being driven by the wind so…Brewer's: Slang
Slangs are the greaves with which the legs of convicts are fettered; hence convicts themselves; and slang is the language of convicts. Slang The difficulty of tracing the fons et origo…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Address To Edinburgh
by Robert Burns Song-Yon Wild Mossy MountainsAddress To A HaggisAddress To Edinburgh Edina! Scotia's darling seat! All hail thy palaces and tow'rs, Where once, beneath a…Brewer's: Peep
To look at. As a specimen of the ingenuity of certain etymologists in tracing our language to Latin and Greek sources, may be mentioned Mr. Casaubon's derivation of peep from the Greek…Brewer's: Gonfanon
The consecrated banner of the Normans. When William invaded England, his gonfanon was presented to him by the Pope. It was made of purple silk, divided at the end like the banner attached…Brewer's: Indian File
(In). One by one. The American Indians, when they go on an expedition, march one by one. The one behind carefully steps in the footprints of the one before, and the last man of the file…Brewer's: Father Thames
or Old Father Thames. The Thames, so far as it belongs to London. Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race Disporting on thy margent green, The paths of pleasure…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Biographical Sketch
Biographical SketchThe Emersons first appeared in the north of England, but Thomas, who landed in Massachusetts in 1638, came from Hertfordshire. He built soon after a house, sometimes railed…Old Whig I
Old Whig Iby See also Federalist No. 49written by "AN OLD WHIG", and is taken from The New-York Journal of November 27, 1787.It appears to me that I was mistaken in supposing that we could so…The Severity of an Earthquake
Source: National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey Earthquakes are the result of forces deep within Earth's interior that continuously affect its surface. The energy from…Trending
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