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Brewer's: Die-hards
The 57th Foot. Their colonel (Inglis) in the battle of Albuera (1811), addressing his men, said, “Die hard, my lads; die hard!” And they did die hard, for their banner was pierced with…Brewer's: Dies Alliensis
(See Alliensis.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Dies IræDiego A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…Brewer's: Dies Iræ
A famous madiæval hymn on the last judgment, probably the composition of Thomas of Celano, a native of Abruzzi, who died in 1255. Sir Walter Scott has introduced the former part of it into…Brewer's: Dies Non
A non-business day. A law phrase, meaning a day when the courts do not sit, as on Sundays; the Purification, in Hilary term; the Ascension, in Easter term; St. John the Baptist, in Trinity…Brewer's: Dies Sanguinis
The 24th March, called Bellona's Day, when the Roman votaries of the war-goddess cut themselves and drank the sacrificial blood to propitiate the deity. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Sine Die
(Latin). No time being fixed; indefinitely in regard to time. When a proposal is deferred sine die, it is deferred without fixing a day for its reconsideration, which is virtually “for…Tomorrow Never Dies
Director: Roger SpottiswoodeWriter: Bruce FeirsteinDirector of Photography:Robert ElswitEditors:Dominique Fortin and Michel ArcandMusic:David ArnoldProduction Designer:Allan CameronProducers:…Bauer, Otto
(Encyclopedia) Bauer, OttoBauer, Ottobouˈər [key], 1882–1938, Austrian politician. His Die Nationalitätenfrage und die Sozialdemokratie (1907) advocated creating nation-states to solve the Austro-…embossing
(Encyclopedia) embossing, process of producing upon various materials designs or patterns in relief by mechanical means. The material is pressed between a pair of dies especially adapted to its…Holz, Arno
(Encyclopedia) Holz, ArnoHolz, Arnoärˈnō hôlts [key], 1863–1929, German critic and poet. His influence as a founder of the German naturalist school and as a critic is more important than his work…Trending
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