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Brewer's: Eager
or eagre. Sharp, keen, acid; the French aigre. (Latin, crude form, acr- “acer,” sharp.) It doth posset And curd, like eager droppings into milk. Shakespeare: Hamlet, i. 5. “Vex him with…Brewer's: King's Mess
(The). An extra mess of rice boiled with milk- or of almonds, peas, or other pulse- given to the monks of Melrose Abbey by Robert [Bruce], the feast to be held on January 10th, and 100…Brewer's: Leglin-girth
To cast a leglin-girth. To have “a screw loose;” to have made a faux pas; to have one's reputation blown upon. A legin-girth is the lowest hoop of a leglin or milk-pail. (See…Brewer's: Grass
Gone to grass. Dead. The allusion is to the grass which grows over the dead. Also, “Gone to rusticate,” the allusion being to a horse which is sent to grass when unfit for work. Not to…Brewer's: Thistle
(The). The species called Silybum Marianum, we are told, owes the white markings on its leaves to the milk of the Virgin Mary, some of which fell thereon and left a white mark behind. (See…Brewer's: Thorns
Calvin (Admonitio de Reliquiis) gives a long list of places claiming to possess one or more of the thorns which composed the Saviour's crown. To his list may be added Glastonbury Abbey,…Tom Thumb by the Brothers Grimm
Tom Thumb A poor woodman sat in his cottage one night, smoking his pipe by the fireside, while his wife sat by his side spinning. 'How lonely it is, wife,' said he, as he puffed out a long…Numbers: 16
Numbers Chapter 16 1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men: 2 And they…John Donne: Expostulation XVII. Nunc lento
ExpostulationJohn Donne MY God, my God, is this one of thy ways of drawing light out of darkness, to make him for whom this bell tolls, now in this dimness of his sight, to become a…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: August 7, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark August 6, 1806August 8, 1806August 7, 1806 Thursday August 7th 1806. It began to rain about midnight and continued with but little intermission…Trending
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