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Brewer's: Donkey
An ass. It was made to rhyme with “monkey,” but is never now so pronounced. The word means a little tawny or dun-coloured animal. Donkey. The cross of the donkey's back is popularly…Brewer's: Coat
Cut your coat according to your cloth. Curtail your expenses to the amount of your income; live within your means. Si non possis quod velis, velis id quod possis. Near is my coat, but…Brewer's: Panurge
(2 syl.). A companion of Pantagruel's, not unlike our Rochester and Buckingham in the reign of the mutton-eating king. Panurge was a desperate rake, was always in debt, had a dodge for…The Federalist Papers: Federalist No. 9
by AlexanderHamilton, JamesMadison and JohnJayFederalist No. 8Federalist No. 10Federalist No. 9 The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection To the People of the…Brewer's: Bear
(A). (Stock Exchange), a fall, or a speculator for a fall. To operate for a bear. To realise a profitable bear. Bearing the market is using every effort to depress the price of stocks in…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: April 28, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark April 27, 1806April 29, 1806April 28, 1806 Monday April 28th 1806. This morning early Yellept brought a very eligant white horse to our camp and…It's All Greek
The following table lists some common Greek roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Greek root Basic meaning Example words -anthrop- human misanthrope, philanthropy, anthropomorphic -chron…Coleridge: The Ancient Mariner
ChristabelThe Ancient Mariner The Latin motto is condensed, by omission, from about a page of Thomas Burnet's Archaeologiae Philosophicae: sive Doctrina Antiqua de Rerum Originibus,…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: February 3, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark February 2, 1806February 4, 1806February 3, 1806 Monday February 3rd 1806. About three o'clock Drewyer and La Page, returned; Drewyer had killed…Aitareya-Aranyaka: Second Aranyaka, Third Adhyâya, Eighth Khanda
Eighth Khanda1. Here (with regard to obtaining Hiranyagarbha) there are these Slokas:2. The fivefold body into which the indestructible (prâna, breath) enters, that body which the harnessed…Trending
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