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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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A1
A.B.
A.B.C.
A B C Book
A.B.C. Process
A.E.I.O.U.
A.U.C.
Aaron
Ab
Aback
Abacus
Abaddon
Abambou
Abandon
Abandon fait larron
Abaris
Abate
Abaton
Abbassides
Abbey Laird
Abbey-lubber
Abbot of Misrule
Abbotsford
abd
Abdael
Abdallah
Abdals
Abdera
Abderitan
Abderitan Laughter
Abderite
Abderus
Abdiel
Abecedarian
Abel and Cain
Abel Keene
Abelites
Abessa
Abesta
Abeyance
Abhigit
Abhor
Abiala
Abida
Abidharma
Abigail
Abimelech
Able
Able-bodied Seaman
Aboard
Abolla
Abominate
Abomination of Desolation
Abon Hassan
Abonde, Dame
Abortive Flowers
Abou ebn Sina
Abou-Bekr
Abou Jahia
Aboulomri
Above
Above-board
Above par
Above your hook
Abracadabra
Abracax
Abraham
Abraham, to sham
Abraham's Bosom
Abraham Newland
Abrahamic Covenant
Abrahamites
Abram-colour
Abram-Man
Abraxas Stones
Abreast
Abridge
Abroach
Abroad
Abrogate
Absalom, James
Absalom and Achitophel
Abscond
Absent
Absent Man
Absolute
Absquatulate
Abstemious
Abstract Numbers
Abstract
Abstraction
Absurd
Abudah
Abundant Number
Abus
Abyla
Abyssinians
Acacetus
Academics
Academy
Academy Figures
Acadia
Acadine
Acanthus
Acceptance
Accessory
Accident
Accidental or Subjective Colours
Accidentals
Accidente!
Accidents
Accius Navius
Accolade
Accommodation
Accommodation Note
Accommodation Ladder
Accord
Accost
Account
Accurate
Accusative
Ace
Aceldama
Acephalites
Acestes
Achæan League
Achar
Achates
Achemon
Acheron
Acherontian Books
Acherusia
Achillea
Achilles
Achilles the English
Achilles of England
Achilles of Germany
Achilles of Lombardy
Achilles of Rome
Achilles of the West
Achilles' Spear
Achilles' Tendon
Aching Void
Achitophel
Achor
Acis
Acme
Acmonian Wood
Acoime tæ
Acolyte
Aconite
Acrasia
Acrates
Acre
Acre-fight
Acre-shot
Acres
Acroamatics
Acroatic
Acrobat
Acropolis
Acrostic
Acrostics
Act and Opponency
Act of Faith
Act of God
Actaeon
Actian Years
Action Sermon
Active
Activity
Acton
Actresses
Acu tetigisti
Acutiator
Ad Græcas Calendas.
Ad inquirendum
Ad libitum
Ad rem
Ad unum omnes
Ad valorem
Ad vitam aut culpam
Adam
Adam Bell
Adam Cupid
Adam's Ale
Adam's Apple
Adam's Needle.
Adam's Peak
Adam's Profession
Adams, Parson
Adamant
Adamastor
Adamic Covenant
Adamites
Adaran
Adays
Addison of the North
Addixit
Addle
Adelantado
Ademar
Adept
Adessenarians
Adeste Fideles
Adfiliate
al Adha
Adhab-al-Cabr
Adiaphorists
Adieu
Adissechen
Adjective Colours
Adjourn
Adjournment of the House
Admirable
Admiral
Admiral of the Blue
Admiral of the Red
Admittance
Admonitionists
Adolpha
Adonai
Adonais
Adonies
Adonis
Adonis of 50
Adonis Flower
Adonis Garden
Adonis River
Adonists
Adoption
Adoption Controversy
Adoptionist
Adore
Adrammelech
Adrastus
Adrian
Adriel
Adrift
Adroit
Adsidelta
Adullamites
Advauncer
Advent
Adversary
Advocate
Advocates' Library
Advowson
Adytum
Aediles
Aegeus
Aeginetan Sculptures
Aegir
Aegis
Aegrotat
A E I
Aelurus
Aemillian Law
Aemonia Aemonian
Aeneas
Aeneid
Aeolian Harp
Aeolic Digamma
Aeolic Mode
Aeolus
Aeon
Aera
Aerated Bread
Aerated Water
Aerians
Aeschylus
Aeschylus of France
Aesculapius
Aesir
Aeson's Bath
Aesonian Hero
Aesop's Fables
Aesop
Aesop of Arabia
Aesop of England
Aesop of France
Aesop of Germany
Aesop of India
Aetites
Aetolian Hero
Affable
Affect
Affront
Afraid
Africa
African Sisters
Afriet
Aft
After-cast
After-clap
After Meat, Mustard
After us, the Deluge
Aft-meal
Agag
Agamarshana
Agamemnon
Aganice
Aganippe
Agape
Agapemone
Agape tæ
Agate
Agatha
Agatha, St.
Agave
Agdistes
Age as accords
Age of Animals
Age of Women
Age of the Bishops
Age of the Popes
Age hoc
Ages
Agelasta
Agenorides
Agent
Agglutinate Languages
Aghast
Agio
Agis
Agist
Agla
Aglaos
Agnes
Agnoites
Agnostic
Agnus-castus
Agnus Dei
Agog
Agonistes
Agonistics
Agony
Agony Column
Agrarian Law
Agrimony
Ague, Homer a cure for
Aguecheek
Agur's Wish
Ahasuerus
Ahead
Ahithophel
Ahmed, Prince
Aholibah
Aholibamah
Ahriman
Aide toi et le Ciel taidera
Aigrette
Aim
Aim-crier
Air
Air one's opinions
Air-brained
Air-line
Air-ship
Air-throne
Airs
Aïrapadam
Aisle
Aitch-bone
Ajax
Ajax the Less
Akbar
Akuan
Akuman
Alabama
Alabaster
Aladdin
Aladdin's Lamp
Aladdin's Ring
Aladdin's Window
Aladine
Alako
Alans
Alarcon
Alarm
Alarum Bell
Alasnam
Alasnam's Mirror
Alastor
Alauda
Alawy
Alb
Albadara
Alban
Albania
Albanian Hat
Albano Stone
Albany
Albati
Albatross
Albert
Albertazzo
Albiazar
Albigenses
Albin
Albino
Albino-poets
Albion
Albion the Giant
Albracca's Damsel
Album
Alcade
Alcaic Verse
Alcantara
Alcastus
Alce
Alceste
Alchemilla
Alchemy
Alcimedon
Alcina
Alcinoo poma dare
Alcofribas
Alcuith
Aldabella
Aldebaran
Alderman
Aldgate Pump
Aldibo-ronte-phosco-phornio
Aldiger
Aldine
Aldine Editions
Aldingar
Ale
Aleberry
Ale-dagger
Ale-draper
Ale Knight
Ale-silver
Ale-stake
Ale-wife
Alecto
Alectorian Stone
Alectromancy
Aleria
Alert
Alessio
Alethes
Alexander and the Robber
Alexander
Alexander of the North
Alexander the Corrector.
Alexander's Beard
Alexandra
Alexandrian
Alexandrian Codex
Alexandrian Library
Alexandrian School
Alexandrine Age
Alexandrine Philosophy
Alexandrines
Alexandrite
Alexis
Alfader
Alfana
Alfar
Alfheim
Alfonsin
Alfonsine Tables
Alfonso
Alfonso XI of Castile,
Alfred's Scholars
Algarsife
Algebra
Algrind
Alhambra
Ali
Alias
Alibi (elsewhere).
Alibi Clock
Aliboron
Alice
Alice Brand
Alichino
Alick
Alicon
Alien Priory
Alifanfaron
Alilat
Aliprando
Aliris
Al Kader
Alkahest
Al Rakim
Al-Sirat
All
All and Some
All and Sundry
All cannot do all
All Fools' Day
All Fours
All-hallown Summer
All Hallow's Day
All Hallows' Eve
All in all
All in the Wrong
All is lost
All is not gold that glitters or glisters
All my Eye
All one
All-overish
All Saints
All Serene
All Souls' Day
All the go
All there
All for a Song!
All to break (Judges ix. 53).
All waters
All-work
Alla
Alla Akbar
Allan-a-Dale
Allemand
Allen
Allestree
Alley
Alliensis
Alligator
Alligator Pears
Alliteration
Allodials
Allopathy
Alls
Allworth
Allworthy
Alma
Alma Mater
Almack's
Almagest
Alman
Almanac
Almesbury
Almighty Dollar
Almond Tree
Almonry
Alms
Alms Basket
Alms-drink
Alms-fee
Alms-house
Alms-man
Alnaschar Dream (An)
Alnaschar of Modern Literature
Aloe
Along-shore Men
Alonzo of Aguilar
Aloof
Alorus
A l'outrance
Alp
Alph
Alpha
Alphabet
Alpheos and Arethusa
Alpheus
Alphesibea
Alphonso
Alpleich
Alpue, Alpieu
Alquife
Alrinach
Alruna-wife
Alsatia
Alsvidur
Altamorus
Altan Kol
Altar
Alter ego
Althæa's Brand
Althea
Altisidora
Altis
Alto relievo
Alumbrado
Alvina Weeps
Alyface
Alzirdo
A.M.
Amadis of Gaul
Amadis of Greece
Amaimon
Amalfitan Code
Amalivaca
Amalthaea
Amalthea's Horn
Amanda
Amarant
Amaranth
Amaryllis
Amasis
Amati
Amaurot
Amaurote
Amazement
Amazia
Amazon
Amazonia
Amazonian Chin
Ambassador
Amber
Amberabad
Ambes-As
Ambi-dexter
Ambition
Ambree
Ambrose
Ambrosia
Ambrosian Chant
Ambrosian Library
Ambrosio
Ambry
Ambuscade
Amedamnée
Amedieu
Amelia
Amelon
Amen Corner
Amende honorable
Amenthes
American Flag
American Peculiarities
American States
Amethea
Amethyst
Amiable Numbers
Amicable Numbers
Amicus curiae
Amicus Plato, sed magis amica Veritas
Amiel
Amiens
Amina
Aminadab
Amine
Aminte
Amiral
Amlet
Ammon
Ammonian Horn
Ammonites
Amon's Son
Amoret
Amorous
Amour propre
Amparo de Pobres
Ampersand
Amphialus
Amphictyonic Council
Amphigons
Amphigouri
Amphion
Amphitrite
Amphitryon
Amphrysian Prophetess
Ampoulle
Amram's Son
Amri
Amrita
Amsanctus
Amuck
Amulet
Amundeville
Amyclæan Brothers
Amyclaean Silence
Amyris plays the fool
Amys
Anabaptists
Anacharsis
Anacharsis Clootz.
Anaclethra
Anacreon
Anacreontic
Anachronism
Anagnostes
Anagrams
Anah
Anana
Anastasia
Anathema
Anatomy
Anaxarete
Anaxarte
Ancaeos
Ancalites
Anchor
Anchor Watch
Ancien Régime
Ancient
Ancient Mariner
Ancient of Days
Ancile
And
Andirons
Andrea Ferrara
Andrew
Andrew Macs
Androcles and the Lion
Android
Andromeda
Andronica
Anent
Ange de Grève
Angel
Angel of the Schools.
Angels
Angel-beast
Angel Visits
Angel-water
Angelic Doctor
Angelic Hymn
Angelica
Angelica's Draught
Angelical Stone
Angelici
Angelites
Angelo
Angelo and Raffaelle
Angelus
Anger
Angevin
Angiolina
Anglantes Lord
Angle
Angle with a Silver Hook
Angling
Angoulaffre
Angry
Angular
Angurvadel
Anima Mundi
Animal
Animal Spirits
Animals admitted into Heaven
Animals in Christian Art
Animals sacred to special Deities
Animals (Symbolical)
Animals, cries of
Animosity
Animula
Anna, Donna
Annabel
Anna Matilda
Annates
Anne
Anne's Fan
Anne's Great Captain
Annie Laurie
Annulo Dei figuram ne gestato
Annunciation
Annus Luctus
Annus Mirabilis
Anodyne Necklace
Anomoeans
Anon
Anon-rightes
Answer
Answer more Scotico
Antaeos
Antediluvian
Anthia
Anthony
Anthroposophus
Anti-Christ
Antigone
Antimony
Antinomian
Antinous
Antipathy, of human beings
Antipathy, of animals
Anti-pope
Antisthenes
Antoninus
Antony
Antrustions
Ants
Anubis
Anvil
Any-how
Aonian
A outrance
Ape
Apelles
Apemantus
Apex
Aphrodite
Apicius
A-pigga-back
Apis
Aplomb
Apocalyptic Number
Apocrypha
Apollinarians
Apollo
Apollo Belvidere
Apollodoros
Apollonius
Apollyon
Apostate
A posteriori
Apostles
Apostles, where buried
Apostle Spoons
Apostles' Creed
Apostolic Fathers
Apostolic Majesty
Apparel
Appeal to the Country
Appiades
Appian Way
Apple
Apple-john
Apple-pie Bed
Apple-pie Order
April
April Fool
April Gentleman
April Squire
A priori
Apron
Apron-string Tenure
A propos de bottes
Aqua Regia
Aqua Tofana
Aqua Vitæ
Aquarians
Aquarius
Aqueous Rocks
Aquilant
Aquiline
Aquinian Sage
Arabesque
Arabian Bird
Arabian Nights
Arabians
Arabic Figures
Arabs
Arachne's Labours
Araf, Al
Araspes
Aratos
Arbaces
Arbor Day
Arbor Judæ
Arcades Ambo
Arcadian
Arcadian Nightingales
Archangels
Arch-monarch of the World
Archers
Arches
Archeus
Archilochian Bitterness
Archimage
Archimago
Archimedes Principle
Archimedes Screw
Architect of his own Fortune
Archontics
Arcite
Arcos Barbs
Arctic Region
Arden
Area-sneak
Areopagus
Aretine
Aretinian Syllables
Argan
Argand Lamp
Argante
Argantes
Argenis
Argentile
Argentine Republic
Argeo
Argillan
Argo
Argonauts
Argosy
Argot
Argus-eyed
Argyle
Arians
Arideus
Ariel
Aries
Arimanes
Arimaspians
Arioch
Arion
Ariosto
Aristeas
Aristides
Aristippos
Aristocracy
Aristophanes
Aristotle
Aristotelian Philosophy
Aristotelian Unities
Ark
Armada
Armenians
Armi da
Arminians
Armory
Armoury
Arms
Arms of England
Arnauts
Arn-monat
Arnold
Arnoldists
Arod
Aroint thee
Aronteus
Aroundight
Arras
Arria
Arrière Pensée
Arrot
Arrow
Arowroot
Arsetes
Artaxerxes
Artegal
Artemus Ward
Artesian Wells
Artful Dodger
Arthegal
Arthur
Arthurian Romances
Arthur's Seat
Articles of Roup
Artists, The Prince of
Artotyrites
Arts
Arundel
Arundelian Marbles
Arvakur
Aryans
Arzina
As you were
Asa
Asa Loki
Asa Thor.
Asaph
Asbolos
Ascalaphos
Ascapart
Ascension Day
Asclepiadics
Ascodrogites
Ascot Races
Ascræan Poet
Asgard
Ash Tree
Ash Wednesday
Ashmolean Museum
Ashtaroth
Ashur
Asinus
Asir
Ask
Ask and Embla
Aslo
Asmodeus
Asoka
Asoors
Aspasia
Aspatia
Aspen
Aspersions
Asphaltic Lake
Asrael
Ass
Ass's Bridge
Asses, Feast of
Ass-eared
Assassins
Assay
Assaye Regiment
Assiento Treaties
Assinego
Assumption
Assurance
Astagoras
Astarte
Astolat
Astolpho
Astoreth
Astræa
Astral Body
Astral Spirits
Astrea
Astrology
Astronomer of Dublin
Astronomer Royal:
Astrophel
Asylum
Asyniur
At
Ate
Atellanæ
Atergata
Athanasian Creed
Athelstane
Athenæum
Athenian Bee
Athens
Athole Brose
At Home
Atin
Atkins
Atlantean Shoulders
Atlantes
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantis
Atlas
Atman
Atomic Philosophy
Atomic Theory
Atomic Volume
Atomic Weight
Atossa
Atrip
Attaint
Attercop
Attic Bee
Attic Bird
Attic Boy
Attic Faith
Attic Muse
Attic Order
Attic Salt
Attic Science
Attics, Attic Storey
Atticus
Attingians
Attock
Attorney
Atys
Au Courant
Au Fait
Au Grand Sérieux
Au Pied de la Lettre
Au Revoir
Aubry's Dog
Audeanism
Audhumla
Audley
Audrey
Augean Stables
Augsburg Confession
Augury
August
Augusta
Augustan Age
Augustan History
Augustine
Augustinians
Augustus
Aulay
Auld Brig
Auld Hornie
Auld Reekie
Aulic Council
Aunt Sally
Aureola
Auri
Aurora
Aurora Australis
Aurora Borealis
Aurora Raby
Aurora Septentrionalis
Ausonia
Auspices
Auster
Austin Friars
Austrian Lip
Aut Cæsar aut nullus
Authentic Doctor
Auto da Fe
Autolycus
Automaton
Automedon
Autumn
Ava
Avalanche
Avalon
Avant Courier
Avant Garde
Avatar
Ave Maria
Avenel
Avenger of Blood
Avernus
Avertin
Avesta
Aveugle
Avienus
A. vinculo matrimonii
Aviz
Avoid Extremes
Avoir
Avoirdupois
A-weather
Awkward
Awkward Squad
Awl
Axe
Axinomancy
Ayah
Ayeshah
Ayrshire Poet
Azazel
Azaziel
Azazil
Azim
Azo
Azor's Mirror
Azoth
Azrael
Azrafil
Aztecs
Azucena
Azure
Azuriel
Azymites
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