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Brewer's: Ancient of Days
(Daniel iii. 9). Jehovah. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894AncileAncient Mariner 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…Brewer's: Marinda
or Maridah. The fair mistress of Haroun-al-Raschid. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894MarineMarina A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T…William Shakespeare: Winter's Tale, Act III, Scene III
Scene IIIBohemia. A desert country near the seaEnter Antigonus with a Child, and a MarinerAntigonusThou art perfect then, our ship hath touch'd upon The deserts of Bohemia?MarinerAy, my lord…ALCS Composite Box Score by Innings, 2001
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E New York 2 4 4 3 0 4 0 5 3 – 25 42 4 Seattle 0 0…Brewer's: Horse-laugh
A coarse, vulgar laugh. “He plays rough pranks ... and has a big horse-laugh in him when there is a top to be roasted.” —Carlyle: Frederick the Great, vol. i. book iv. chap. ii. p. 305.…Brewer's: Horse-milliner
Properly, one who makes up and supplies decorations for horses. A horse-soldier more fit for the toilet than the battle-field. The expression was first used by Rowley in his Ballads of…Brewer's: Jonc
(French). A wedding-ring; so called because those who were married by compulsion at Ste. Marine wore rings of jonc or straw. “C'est dans l'église de Ste. Marine que l'on marie ceux que l'…Brewer's: Ancient
A corruption of ensign—a flag and the officer who bore it. Pistol was Falstaff's “ancient.” “Ten times more dishonourably ragged than an old-faced ancient.” —Shakespeare: I Henry IV, iv.…Brewer's: Marino Faliero
The forty-ninth doge or chief magistrate of the republic of Venice, elected 1354. A patrician named Michel Steno, having behaved indecently to some of the women assembled at the great…2001 Professional Baseball Season Recap
Desert Reign The 2001 baseball season had it all - power hitting, power pitching, dominant teams and doormats, hall-of-famers retiring, top-notch rookies coming in to replace them, and of course,…Trending
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