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Brewer's: High-born
Of aristocratic birth; “D'une haute naissance”; “Summo loos natus.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894High ChurchHiggledy-piggledy A B C D E F G H I…Brewer's: Huntingdon
(called by the Saxons Huntantun, and in Doomsday Hunter's dune) appears to have derived its name from its situation in a tract of country which was anciently an extensive forest abounding…Brewer's: Dunstable
Bailey, as if he actually believed it, gives the etymology of this word Dun's stable; adding Duns or “Dunus was a robber in the reign of Henry I., who made it dangerous for travellers to…Brewer's: Mascotte
One who brings good luck, and possesses a “good eye.” The contrary of Jettatore, or one with an evil eye, who always brings bad luck. Ces envoyés du paradis, Sont des Mascottes, mes amis,…Brewer's: Lincoln
A contraction of Lindumcolonia. Lindum was an old British town, called Llyn-dune (the fen-town). If we had not known the Latin name, we should have given the etymology Llyn-collyne (the…Brewer's: Corbeaux
Bearers, i.e. persons who carry the dead to the grave; mutes, etc. So called from the corbillards, or coches d'eau, which went from Paris to Corbeil with the dead bodies of those who died…Brewer's: Chat
Nid d'une souris dans Voreille d'un chat. A mare's nest. This French phrase is the translation of a line in Wynkyn de Worde's Amusing Questions, printed in English in 1511. “Demand: What…Mesolithic period
(Encyclopedia) Mesolithic periodMesolithic periodmĕzˌəlĭthˈĭk [key] or Middle Stone Age, period in human development between the end of the Paleolithic period and the beginning of the Neolithic…coast protection
(Encyclopedia) coast protection, methods used to protect coastal lands from erosion. Beaches can exist only where a delicate dynamic equilibrium exists between the amount of sand supplied to the…Titan , in astronomy
(Encyclopedia) TitanTitantīˈtən [key], in astronomy, the largest of the named moons, or natural satellites, of Saturn. Also known as Saturn VI (or S6), Titan is 3,200 mi (5,150 km) in diameter,…Trending
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