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Brewer's: Bemuse
(2 syl.). To get into a dreamy, half-intoxicated state. “Bemusing himself with beer.” —Sala: Gaslight and Daylight. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Giallar Horn
(The). Heimdall's horn, which went out into all worlds whenever he chose to blow it. (Scandinavian mythology.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Gian ben…Brewer's: Giant of Literature
(The). Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1783). Also called “the great moralist.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894GiantsGian ben Gian A B C D E F G H I J K…Tunisia Department of State Background
U.S. Department of State Background Note Tunisia Index: People and History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Tunisian Relations PEOPLE AND HISTORYModern…kabbalah
(Encyclopedia) kabbalah or cabalacabalaboth: kăbˈələ [key] [Heb.,=reception], esoteric system of interpretation of the Scriptures based upon a tradition claimed to have been handed down orally from…Talmud
(Encyclopedia) TalmudTalmudtălˈməd [key] [Aramaic from Heb.,=learning], in Judaism, vast compilation of the Oral Law with rabbinical elucidations, elaborations, and commentaries, in contradistinction…1962–1963 Emmy Awards
Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of DramaThe Defenders (CBS)Outstanding Continued Performance By an Actor in a Series (Lead)E.G. Marshall, The DefendersOutstanding Continued…Brewer's: Hassan
Caliph of the Ottoman empire; noted for his hospitality and splendour. His palace was daily thronged with guests, and in his seraglio was a beautiful young slave named Leila (2 syl.), who…Brewer's: Hassock
A doss or footstool made of hesg (sedge or rushes). “Hassocks should be gotten in the fens, and laid at the foot of the said bank ... where need required.” —Dugdale: Imbanking, p. 322. “…Brewer's: Benaiah
(3 syl.), in the satire of Absalom and Achitophel, by Dryden and Tate, is meant for George Edward Sackville, called General Sackville, a gentleman of family, and a zealous partisan of the…Trending
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