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Brewer's: Golden Ointment
Eye salve. In allusion to the ancient practice of rubbing “stynas of the eye” with a gold ring to cure them. I have a sty here, Chilax, I have no gold to cure it. Beaumont and Fletcher:…Brewer's: Amphitrite
(either 3 or 4 syl.) The sea. In classic mythology, the wife of Neptune (Greek, amphi-trio for tribo, rubbing or wearing away [the shore] on all sides). His weary chariot sought the bowers…Brewer's: Asinus
Asinus asinum fricat (Latin, “one ass rubs another”), that is, we fraternise with persons like ourselves; or, in other words, “Birds of a feather flock together.” The allusion needs no…Brewer's: Dress your Jacket
(or hide). I'll dress your jacket for you. I'll give you a beating. I'll give you a dressing, or a good dressing. To dress a horse is to curry it, rub it, and comb it. To dress ore is to…Brewer's: Breeze
House-sweepings, as fluff, dust, ashes, and so on, thrown as refuse into the dust-bin. We generally limit the meaning now to small ashes and cinders used for coals in burning bricks. The…Brewer's: Prithu
The favourite hero of the Indian Purânas. Vena having been slain for his wickedness, and leaving no offspring, the saints rubbed his right arm, and the friction brought forth Prithu. Being…Brewer's: Kiss the Mistress
(To). To make a good hit, to shoot right into the eye of the target. In bowls, what we now call the Jack used to be called the “mistress,” and when one ball just touches another it is said…Brewer's: Pull Devil, Pull Baker
Let each one do the best for himself in his own line of business, but let not one man interfere in that of another. “It's all fair pulling, `pull devil, pull baker;' someone has to get the…Brewer's: Safety Matches
In 1847 Schrötter, an Austrian chemist, discovered that red phosphorus gives off no fumes, and is virtually inert; but being mixed with chlorate of potash under slight pressure it explodes…Brewer's: St. John Long
An illiterate quack, who professed to have discovered a liniment which had the power of distinguishing between disease and health. The body was rubbed with it, and if irritation appeared…Trending
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