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Brewer's: Poke
A bag, pouch, or sack. Poke A lazy person, a loafer, a dawdler. Poke To thrust or push against; to thrust or butt with the horns. Also to busy oneself without any definite object. “…Utopia
(Encyclopedia) UtopiaUtopiay&oomacr;tōˈpēə [key] [Gr.,=no place], title of a book by Sir Thomas More, published in Latin in 1516. The work pictures an ideal state where all is ordered for the…Brewer's: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: G
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 G G.C.B. G.H.V.L. G.O.M. Gab Gabardine' Gabel', Gabelle Gaberlunzie Gabriel…William Shakespeare: As You Like It, Act III, Scene II
Scene IIThe forestEnter Orlando, with a paperOrlandoHang there, my verse, in witness of my love: And thou, thrice-crowned queen of night, survey With thy chaste eye, from thy pale sphere…Renaissance
(Encyclopedia) RenaissanceRenaissancerĕnəsänsˈ, –zänsˈ [key] [Fr.,=rebirth], term used to describe the development of Western civilization that marked the transition from medieval to modern times.…