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Brewer's: Oil on Troubled Waters
To pour oil on troubled waters, as a figure of speech, means to soothe the troubled spirit. “A soft answer turneth away wrath.” As a physical fact, Professor Horsford, by emptying a vial…Saint Aidan
The founder of a great center of Celtic Christianity by Ann-Marie Imbornoni St. Aidan (died 651) According to the historian Bede, Aidan was an Irish monk on the island of Iona when he was sent…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: November 10, 1805
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark November 9, 1805November 11, 1805November 10, 1805 November 10th Sunday 1805 rained verry hard the greater part of the last night & Continus…Brewer's: Bedell
The Vice-chancellor's bedell (not beadle). The officer who carries the mace before the Vice-Chancellor, etc., in the universities is not a beadle but a bedell (the same word in an older…Brewer's: Cutler's Poetry
Mere jingles or rhymes. Knives had, at one time, a distich inscribed on the blade by means of aqua fortis. Whose posy was For all the world like cutler's poetry Upon a kuife. Shakespeare…Brewer's: Cuthbert
St. Cuthbert's beads. Joints of the articulated stems of encrinites, used for rosaries. St. Cuthbert was a Scotch monk of the sixth century, and may be termed the St. Patrick of Great…Brewer's: Bed-post
In the twinkling of a bed-post. As quickly as possible. In the ancient bed-frames movable staves were laid as we now lay iron laths; there were also staves in the two sides of the bedstead…Easter Symbols and Traditions
A brief history of the spring holiday's celebrations Related Links Easter Features Easter Around the World Encyclopedia: Easter Encyclopedia: Jesus Christ Christians…2000 Olympic Beach Volleyball Medalists
Men: 1. Dain Blanton & Eric Fonoimoana, USA def. 2. Jose Marco Melo & Ricardo Santos, BRA (12-11, 12-9); 3. Jorg Ahmann & Axel Hager, GER def. Miguel Maia & Joao Brenha, POR (12-9,…2004 Pairs Beach Volleyball
Event Men's Pairs Rego / Santos, BRA Herrera / Bosma, ESP Heuscher / Kobel, SUI Women's Pairs May / Walsh, USA Bede / Behar, BRA McPeak / Youngs, USA…Trending
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