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Brewer's: Canicular Days
The dog-days, corresponding with the overflow of the Nile. From the middle of July to the beginning of the second week in September. (Latin, canicula, diminutive of canis, a dog.) Source…Brewer's: Collar-day
(A ). In royal levees, means that attendants are to wear all their insignia and decorations, such as medals, stars, ribbons, and orders. This is done on grand occasions by order of the…Brewer's: Chair-days
Old age. “I had long supposed that chair-days, the beautiful name for those days of old age ... was of Shakespeare's own invention ... but this is a mistake ... the word is current in…Brewer's: Christmas Day
Transferred from the 6th of January to the 25th of December by Julius I. (337-352). Old Christmas Day. January 6th. When Gregory XIII. reformed the Calendar in 1582, he omitted ten days;…Brewer's: Clear Day
(A) A bright day, an entire day, as, “The bonds must be left three clear days for examination,” to examine them before the interest is paid. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: Independence Day
(July 4th). So called in the United States of America. (See above.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894IndependentsIndependence A B C D E F G H I J K…Brewer's: Day of the Barricades
(See Barricades.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Day of the DupesDay 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: Day-dream
A dream of the imagination when the eyes are awake. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894DaylightDay of the Dupes A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…Brewer's: Day of the Dupes
in French history, was November 11th, 1630, when Marie de Medicis and Gaston Duc d'Orléans extorted from Louis XIII. a promise that he would dismiss his Minister, the Cardinal Richelieu.…Brewer's: Decoration Day
May 30th; set apart in the United States for decorating the graves of those who fell in the “War of the Union” (1861-5). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Trending
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