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Brewer's: Cave of Mammon
The abode of the god of wealth in Spenser's Faërie Queene, ii. 7. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CaveatCave of Adullam A B C D E F G H I J K L M…Brewer's: Cry Cave
To). To ask mercy; to throw up the sponge; to confess oneself beaten. (Latin, caveo.) (See Cave In) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Cry Havock!Cry A B C D…Brewer's: Corycian Cave
(The), on Mount Parnassus; so called from the nymph Corycia. The Muses are sometimes called Corycides (4 syl.). The immortal Muse To your calm habitations, to the cave Corycian ... will…Brewer's: Mammon's Cave
The abode of the Money-god. Sir Guyon visited this cave, and Spenser gives a very full description of it. (Faërie Queéne, ii. 7.) Sir Epicure Mammon. A worldly sensualist. (Ben Jonson:…Brewer's: Mammoth Cave
(The). In Edmonson county, Kentucky, the largest in the world. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894ManMammon's Cave A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…Brewer's: Patrick's Cave
(St.), through which was a descent to purgatory, for the behoof of the living who wished to expiate their evil deeds before death. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Golden Cave
Contained a cistern guarded by two giants and two centaurs; the waters of the cistern were good for quenching the fire of the cave; and when this fire was quenched the inhabitants of…Brewer's: King's Cave
Opposite to Campbelton; so called because it was here that King Robert Bruce and his retinue lodged when they landed on the mainland from the Isle of Arran. (Statistical Account of…Brewer's: Fingal's Cave
The basaltic cavern of Staffa. So called from Fion na Gael (Fingal), the great Gaelic hero, whose achievements have been made familiar by the Fingal of Macpherson. Source: Dictionary of…cavefish
(Encyclopedia) cavefish, common name for blind, cave-dwelling fishes of the family Amblyopsidae. The Amblyopsidae are mostly whitish fish, up to 5 in. (13 cm) long. With the exception of a single…Trending
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