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Brewer's: Cheek by Jowl
In intimate confabulation; tête-á-tête. Cheek is the Anglo-Saxon ceca, céac-bán, cheek-bone; and jowl is the Anglo-Saxon ceole (the jaw); Irish, gial. “Ill go with thee, cheek by jowl.” —…Brewer's: Nipperkin
(A). A small wine and beer measure. Now called a “nip.” His hawk-economy won't thank him for't Which stops his petty nipperkin of port. PeterPindar: Hair Powder. Source: Dictionary of…Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Information Capital: Madison Official Name: State of Wisconsin Organized as a territory/republic: July 4, 1836 Entered Union (rank): May 29, 1848 (30) Present constitution…tyrosine
(Encyclopedia) CE5 tyrosinetyrosinetīˈrəsēn [key], organic compound, one of the 20 amino acids commonly found in animal proteins. Only the l-stereoisomer appears in mammalian protein. It is not…Neuchâtel
(Encyclopedia) NeuchâtelNeuchâtelnöshätĕlˈ [key], Ger. Neuenburg, canton (1993 pop. 162,600), 309 sq mi (800 sq km), NW Switzerland, in the Jura Mts. It is a forested region with pastures. Cattle are…International Trade: Barriers to International Trade
Barriers to International TradeInternational TradeIntroductionExports, Imports—Why Bother?The Argument for Free TradeArguments Against Free TradeBarriers to International TradeInternational Trade…Brewer's: Chalk
I'll chalk out your path for you- i.e. lay it down or plan it out as a carpenter or ship-builder plans out his work with a piece of chalk. I can walk a chalk as well as you. I am no more…Brewer's: Chalks
I beat him by long chalks. Thoroughly. In allusion to the ancient custom of making merit marks with chalk, before lead pencils were so common. Walk your chalks. Get you gone. Lodgings…Brewer's: Salacacabia
or Salacacaby of Apicius. An uneatable soup of great pretensions. King, in his Art of Cookery, gives the recipe of this soup: “Bruise in a mortar parsley-seed, dried peneryal, dried mint,…Brewer's: Green
Young, fresh, as green cheese, i.e. cream cheese, which is eaten fresh; green goose, a young or midsummer goose. “If you would fat green geese, shut them up when they are about a month old…Trending
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