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Brewer's: Dreadnought
The Seaman's Hospital Society; a floating hospital. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Dream AuthorshipDrawn A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q…Fisher, John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia) Fisher, John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st BaronFisher, John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baronärbŭthˈnət [key], 1841–1920, British admiral. Entering the navy in 1854, he specialized in gunnery and…battleship
(Encyclopedia) battleship, large, armored warship equipped with the heaviest naval guns. The evolution of the battleship, from the ironclad warship of the mid-19th cent., received great impetus from…Brewer's: Dream Authorship
It is said that Coleridge wrote his Kubla Khan, a poem, in a dream. Coleridge may have dreamt these lines, but without doubt Purchas's Pilgrimage haunted his dreams, for the resemblance is…Brewer's: Drawn
Hanged, drawn, and quartered, or Drawn, hanged, and quartered. The question turns on the meaning of drawn. The evidence seems to be that traitors were drawn to the place of execution, then…Strike Against War
by Helen Keller To begin with, I have a word to say to my good friends, the editors, and others who are moved to pity me. Some people are grieved because they imagine I am in the hands…Brewer's: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: D
E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 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 D D.O.M. D.T. Da Capo Dab Dab, Din Dabaira Dabbat Dabble Dabchick Dactyl…Trending
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