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Brewer's: Piebald
Party-coloured. A corruption of pie-balled, speckled like a pie. The words Ball, Dun, and Favel are frequently given as names to cows. “Ball” means the cow with a mark on its face; “Dun”…Brewer's: Trivial
strictly speaking, means “belonging to the beaten road.” (Latin, trivium, which is not tres vioe [three roads], but from the Greek tribo [to rub], meaning the worn or beaten path.) As what…Brewer's: Tidy
means in tide, in season, in time. We retain the word in even-tide, spring-tide, and so on. Tusser has the phrase, “If the weather be fair and tidy,” meaning seasonable. Things done…Brewer's: Way-bit
A Yorkshire way-bit. A large overplus. Ask a Yorkshireman the distance of any place, and he will reply so many miles and a way-bit (wee-bit); but the…Brewer's: Miching Malicho
Secret or underhand mischief; a veiled rebuke; a bad deed probed by disguised means. To mich or meech means to skulk or shrink from sight. Michers are poachers or secret pilferers. Malicho…The Song of Hiawatha: Picture-Writing
Blessing the Cornfields Hiawatha's Lamentation Picture-Writing In those days said Hiawatha, "Lo! how all things fade and perish! From the memory of the old men Pass away the great…Latin Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes
Latin was the language spoken by the ancient Romans. As the Romans conquered most of Europe, the Latin language spread throughout the region. Over time, the Latin spoken in different areas…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: July 22, 1804
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark July 21, 1804July 23, 1804July 22, 1804 July 22nd Sunday Set out verry early with a view of getting Some timbered land & a good Situation to…How often is bimonthly?
The Question: How often is a bimonthly meeting held? The Answer: Bimonthly is a problematic word, meaning either "occurring once every two…Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Chapter IX
Chapter IX I have now reached a period of my life when I can give dates. I left Baltimore, and went to live with Master Thomas Auld, at St. Michael's, in March, 1832. It was now more than seven…Trending
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