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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: 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…Brewer's: Stigmatise
To puncture, to brand (Greek, stigma, a puncture). Slaves used to be branded, sometimes for the sake of recognising them, and sometimes by way of punishment. The branding was effected by…Brewer's: Tattoo
A beat on the drum at night to recall the soldiers to their barracks. It sounded at nine in summer and eight in winter. (French, tapoter or tapotez tous.) The devil's tattoo. Drumming…Casey At The Bat
Ernest L. ThayerJune 3, 1888The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day; The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play, And then when Cooney died at first, and…Holiday Movie Preview, 2000 - Part 3
What Women Want, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, and All the Pretty Horses by Beth Rowen What Women Want Opens December 15 Prerelease buzz has blockbuster written all over this film…Year in Review, 1998: Top 10 Sports Personalities of the Year, Part 1
1. Mark McGwire Sure he's a 6'5", 250 pounds, and built like a California redwood. But when McGwire reached that imaginary line he set for himself of 50 home runs going into September, we started…Brewer's: Touchstone
A dark, flinty schist, called by the ancients Lapis Lydius; called touchstone because gold is tried by it, thus: A series of needles are formed (1) of pure gold; (2) of 23 gold and 1…Brewer's: Electricity
(from the Greek elektron, amber). Thales (B.C. 600) observed that amber when rubbed attracted light substances, and this observation followed out has led to the present science of…Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 24
Part 24Walt Whitman, a kosmos, of Manhattan the son, Turbulent, fleshy, sensual, eating, drinking and breeding, No sentimentalist, no stander above men and women or apart from them, No more…Trending
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