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The Journals of Lewis & Clark: June 19, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark June 18, 1806June 20, 1806June 19, 1806 Thursday June 19th 1806. Our hunters were out very early this morning, they returned before noon with one…

Brewer's: Dobbin

A steady old horse, a child's horse. Dobby, a silly old man. Dobbies, house-elves similar to brownies. All these are one and the same word. The dobbies lived in the house, were very thin…

Brewer's: Cock-a-hoop

or Cock-a-houp. To sit cock-a-houp. Boastful, defiant, like a game cock with his houpe or crest erect; eagerly expectant. (French, coq à huppe.) And having routed a whole troop, With…

Brewer's: Near Side

and Off Side. Left side and right side. “Near wheel” means that to the coachman's left hand; and “near horse” (in a pair) means that to the left hand of the driver. In a four-in-hand the…

Brewer's: Wales

The older form in Wealhas (plural of Wealth), an Anglo-Saxon word denoting foreigners, and applied by them to the ancient Britons; hence, also…

Zechariah: 3

Zechariah Chapter 3 1 And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. 2 And the LORD said unto…

Nahum: 2

Nahum Chapter 2 1 He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily. 2 For the LORD hath turned away the…

Vacation Stories from our Readers

  Unusual Vacation Stories Memorable vacation experiences submitted by our readers   Well It Went To A Good Home We left Wyoming where we had bought a piece of blue leather that I was going to…