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Brewer's: Ladon
One of the dogs of Actæon. Ladon. The dragon which guarded the apples of the Hesperides. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894LadronesLadies A B C D E F G…Brewer's: Alcinoo poma dare
(to give apples to Alcinous). To carry coals to Newcastle; sending cider to Herefordshire. The orchards of Alcinous, King of Corcyra (Corfu), were famous for their fruits. Source:…Brewer's: Crab
(A). An ill-tempered fellow; sour as a crab-apple. To catch a crab, in rowing. (See Catch A Crab.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Crab-cartCozen A B C…Brewer's: Discord
means severance of hearts (Latin, discorda). It is the opposite of concord, the coming together of hearts. In music it means disagreement of sounds, as when a note is followed by another…Brewer's: Amrita
The elixir of immortality, made by churning the milk-sea (Hindu mythology). Sir William Jones speaks of an apple so called, because it bestows immortality on those who partake of it. The…Brewer's: Anana
The pine-apple (the Brazilian ananas). Witness thou, best Anana! thou the pride Of vegetable life. Thompson: Summer, 685, 686. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Dead-Sea Fruit
Fair to the eye, but nauseous to the taste; full of promise, but without reality. (See Apples Of Sodom.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Dead SetDead Sea A…Brewer's: Newtonian Philosophy
The astronomical system at present received, together with that of universal gravitation. So called after Sir Isaac Newton, who established the former and discovered the latter. (See Apple…Brewer's: Pitch
Touch pitch, and you will be defiled. “The finger that touches rougs will be red.” “Evil communications corrupt good manners” “A rotten apple injures its companions.” Source: Dictionary…Brewer's: Ribston Pippin
So called from Ribston, in Yorkshire, where Sir Henry Goodricke planted three pips, sent to him from Rouen, in Normandy. Two pips died, but from the third came all the Ribston apple-trees…Trending
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