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Brewer's: Median Stone
(The). Said to cure blindness, and, if soaked in ewe's milk, to cure the gout. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894MedicineMedian Apples A B C D E F G H…Brewer's: Mezzoramia
An earthly paradise somewhere in Africa, but accessible by only one narrow road. Gaudentio di Lucca discovered this secret road, and resided in this paradise for twenty-five years. (Simon…Brewer's: Pundit
An East Indian scholar, skilled in Sanskrit, and learned in law, divinity, and science. We use the word for a porcus literarum, one more stocked with book lore than deep erudition.…Brewer's: Colt-pixy
(A). A pixy, puck, or fairy. To colt-pixy is to take what belongs to the pixies, and is specially applied to the gleaning of apples after the crop has been gathered in; these apples were…Brewer's: Devil's Advocate
(The). In the Catholic Church when a name is suggested for canonisation, some person is appointed to oppose the proposition, and is expected to give reasons why it should not take place.…Brewer's: Devil's Arrows
(Yorkshire). Three remarkable “Druid” stones near Boroughbridge, like Harold's Stones, and probably marking some boundary. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Micawber
(Mr. Wilkins). A great speechifier and letter-writer, projector of bubble schemes sure to lead to fortune, but always ending in grief. Notwithstanding his ill success, he never despaired,…Brewer's: Punic Faith
Treachery, violation of faith. “Punic faith” is about equal to “Spanish honesty.” The Puni (a corruption of Poeni) were accused by the Romans of breaking faith with them, a most…Brewer's: Golden Ass
The romance of Apuleius, written in the second century, and called the golden because of its excellency. It contains the adventures of Lucian, a young man who, being accidentally…Brewer's: Dorothea
(St.), represented with a rose-branch in her hand, a wreath of roses on her head, and roses with fruit by her side; sometimes with an angel carrying a basket with three apples and three…Trending
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