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Brewer's: Rock ahead
(A). A sea-phrase, meaning that a rock is in the path of the ship, which the helmsman must steer clear of; a danger threatens; an opponent; an obstruction. “That yonker ... has been a rock…Brewer's: Rock Cork
A variety of asbestos, resembling cork. It is soft, easily cut, and very light. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Rock CrystalRock ahead A B C D E F G H…Brewer's: Rock Crystal
The specimens which enclose hair-like substances are called Thetis's hair-stone, Venus's hair-stone, Venus's pencils, Cupid's net, Cupid's arrows, etc. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Rock Day
The day after Twelfthday, when, the Christmas holidays being over, women returned to their rock or distaff. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894RococoRock…Brewer's: Tarpeian Rock
So called from Tarpeia, a vestal virgin, the daughter of Spurius Tarpeius, governor of the citadel on the Capitoline Hill. Tarpeia agreed to open the gates to the Sabines if they would…Brewer's: Silurian Rocks
A name given by Sir R. Murchison to what miners call gray-wacke, and Werner termed transition rocks. Sir Roderick called them Silurian because it was in the region of the ancient Silures…Brewer's: Firm as a Rock
(See Similes.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894First-class Hard LabourFire and Water A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X…Brewer's: Metamorphic Rocks
Those rocks, including gneiss, mica-schist, clay-slate, marble, and the like, which have become more or less crystalline. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Jurassic Rocks
Limestone rocks; so called from the Jura; the Jurassic period is the geological period when these rocks were formed. Our oolitic series pretty nearly corresponds with the Jurassic.…Rock Hudson Biography
Rock Hudson(Roy Harold Scherer)actorBorn: 11/17/1925Birthplace: Winnetka, Illinois Film and television actor best remembered as a romantic leading man and for his stunning good looks. His…Trending
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