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Brewer's: Cheater
(2 syl.) originally meant an Escheator or officer of the king's exchequer appointed to receive dues and taxes. The present use of the word shows how these officers were wont to fleece the…Brewer's: Cully
A fop, a fool, a dupe. A contracted form of cullion, a despicable creature (Italian, coglione). Shakespeare uses the word two or three times, as “Away, base cullions!” (2 Henry VI., i. 3…Brewer's: Name
What's in a name? That which we call a rose, By any other name would smell as sweet. Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, ii. 2. To take God's name in vain. To use it profanely, thoughtlessly…Brewer's: Southampton's Wise Sons
In the early part of the present century, the people of Southampton cut a ditch for barges between Southampton and Red-bridge; but as barges could go without paying dues through the “…Brewer's: Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Some say compared to Bononcini That mynbeer Handel's but a ninny; Others aver that he to Handel Is scarcely $$$ to hold a candle. Strange all this difference should be 'Twixt Tweedledum…Brewer's: Queen of Heaven
with the ancient Phoenicians, was Astarte; Greeks, Hera; Romans, Juno; Trivia, Hecate, Diana, the Egyptian Isis, etc., were all so called; but with the Roman Catholics it is the Virgin…Brewer's: Rascal Counters
Pitiful or paltry s. d. Brutus calls money paltry compared with friendship, etc. When Marcus Brutus grows so covetous, To lock such rascal counters from his friend Be ready, gods, with all…Brewer's: Rivals
“Persons dwelling on opposite sides of a river.” Forsyth derives these words from the Latin rivalis, a riverman. Caelius says there was no more fruitful source of contention than river-…Brewer's: Runes
The earliest alphabet in use among the Gothic tribes of Northern Europe. The characters were employed either for purposes of secrecy or for divination. Rim is Gaelic for “secret,” and…Brewer's: Xanthos
[reddish yellow]. Achilles' wonderful horse. Being chid by his master for leaving Patroclos on the field of battle, the horse turned his head reproachfully, and told Achilles that he also would soon…Trending
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