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Brewer's: Constantine's Cross
In Latin, vinces in hoc; in English, By this conquer. It is said that Constantine, on his march to Rome, saw a luminous cross in the sky, in the shape and with the motto here given. In the…Brewer's: Cross as a Bear
or Cross as a bear with a sore head. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Cross as the TongsCross and Pile A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S…Brewer's: Cross as the Tongs
The reference is to tongs which open like a pair of scissors. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Cross as Two SticksCross as a Bear A B C D E F G H I J…Brewer's: Cross and Ball
so universally marked on Egyptian figures, is a circle and the letter T. The circle signifies the eternal preserver of the world, and the T is the monogram of Thoth, the Egyptian Mercury,…Brewer's: Cross Buns
(See Buns.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Cross-grainedCross A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…Brewer's: Cross-grained
Patchy, ill-tempered, self-willed. Wood must be worked with the grain; when the grain crosses we get a knot or curling, which is hard to work uniform. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Cross Man
(A). Not straightforward; ungain; not honest. “The storekeepers know who are their best customers, the square people or the cross ones.” —Boldrewood: Robbery Under Arms, chap. xvii.…Brewer's: Cross-patch
A disagreeable, ill-tempered person, male or female. Patch means a fool or gossip; so called from his parti-coloured or patched dress. A cross-patch is an ill-tempered fool or gossip.…Brewer's: Cross and Pile
Money; pitch and toss. Hilaire le Gai tells us that some of the ancient French coins had a cross, and others a column, on the reverse; the column was called a pile, from which comes our…Brewer's: Cross-roads
All (except suicides) who were excluded from holy rites were piously buried at the foot of the cross erected on the public road, as the place next in sanctity to consecrated ground.…Trending
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