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Brewer's: Mad as a March Hare

(See Hare.) The French say, “Il est fou comme un jeune chien.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Mad CavalierMacrocosm A B C D E F G H I J K L M…

Brewer's: Mad Parliament

(The). The Parliament which assembled at Oxford in 1258, and broke out into open rebellion against Henry III. The king was declared deposed, and the government was vested in the hands of…

Brewer's: Cavalerie a Pied

The Zouaves (pronounce zwav) and Zephyrs of the French army are so called because of their fleetness and swiftness of foot. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Brewer's: Cavall'

“King Arthur's hound of deepest mouth.” (Idylls of the King; Enid.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Cave-dwellersCavaliers A B C D E F G H I J K…

Brewer's: Oliver

Son and heir of Sir Rowland de Boys, who hated his youngest brother Orlando, and persuaded him to try a wrestling match with a professed wrestler, hoping thus to kill his brother; but when…

2001-02 Chicago Bulls Team Stats

  Gm FG% Tpts PPG RPG APG Jalen Rose 83 .455 1696 20.4 4.5 4.3 Marcus Fizer 76 .438 938 12.3 5.6 1.6 Travis Best 74 .440 581…

Hals, Frans

(Encyclopedia) Hals, FransHals, Fransfräns häls [key], c.1580–1666, Dutch painter of portraits and genre scenes, b. Antwerp. Hals spent most of his life in Haarlem, where he studied with Karel van…

shoe

(Encyclopedia) shoe, foot covering, usually of leather, consisting of a sole and a portion above the sole called an upper. In prehistoric times skins or hides may have been tied around the foot for…