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Brewer's: Scorpions
Whips armed with metal or knotted cords. “My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”- 1. Kings xii. 11. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: Yue-Laou
in Chinese mythology, is the old man of the moon, who unites with a silken cord all predestined couples, áfter which nothing can prevent their union. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Coburgs
A corded or ribbed cotton cloth made in Coburg (Saxony), or in imitation thereof. Chiefly used for ladies' dresses. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Cold Water Ordeal
An ancient method of testing the guilt or innocence of the common sort of people. The accused, being tied under the arms, was thrown into a river. If he sank to the bottom, he was held to…Brewer's: Cordwainer
Not a twister of cord, but a worker in leather. Our word is the French cordouannier (a maker or worker of cordouan); the former a corruption of Cordovanier (a worker in Cordovan leather…Brewer's: Cavell
or Cavel. A parcel or allotment of land measured by a cord or cable. (German, kabel, whence kaveln, to assign by lot.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Davenport
A kind of small writing-desk with drawers each side, named after the maker. Davenport (The Brothers), from America. Two impostors, who professed that spirits would untie them when…Brewer's: Discipline
(A). A scourge used by Roman Catholics for penitential purposes. “Before the cross and altar a lamp was still burning, and on the floor lay a small discipline or penitential scourge of…Brewer's: Amedieu
(3 syl.). “Friends of God;” a religious body in the Church of Rome, founded in 1400. They wore no breeches, but a grey cloak girded with a cord, and were shod with wooden shoes. Source:…Anatomy and
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