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The Devil's Dictionary: Head-money
by Ambrose Bierce HATREDHEARSEHEAD-MONEY -n. A capitation tax, or poll-tax. In ancient times there lived a king Whose tax-collectors could not wring From all his subjects gold…Brewer's: Dog-headed Tribes
of India. Mentioned in the Italian romance of Guerino Meschino. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Dog-LatinDog-head A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…Brewer's: Double-headed Eagle
(The). The German eagle has its head turned to our left hand, and the Roman eagle to our right hand. When Charlemagne was made “Kaiser of the Holy Roman Empire,” he joined the two heads…Brewer's: Nag's Head Consecration
On the passing of the first Act of Uniformity in Queen Elizabeth's reign, fourteen bishops vacated their sees, and all the other sees, except Llandaff, were at the time vacant. The…Brewer's: Norna of the Fitful Head
A character in Sir Walter Scott's Pirate, to illustrate that singular kind of insanity which is ingenious in self-imposition, as those who fancy a lunatic asylum their own palace, the…Brewer's: Off his Head
Delirious, deranged, not able to use his head; so “off his feed,” not able to eat or enjoy his food. The latter phrase is applied to horses which refuse to eat their food. Source:…Brewer's: Head over Heels
(To turn). To place the hands upon the ground and throw the legs upwards so as to describe half a circle. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Heads or TailsHead…Brewer's: Great Bullet-head
George Cadoudal, leader of the Chouans, born at Brech, in Morbihan. (1769-1804.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Great CaptainGreat A B C D E F G H I…Brewer's: Calves' Head Club
Instituted in ridicule of Charles I. The great annual banquet was held on the 30th January, and consisted of a cod's head, to represent the person of Charles Stuart, independent of his…Brewer's: Death's Head on a Mopstick
A thin, sickly person, a mere anatomy, is so called. When practical jokes were more common it was by no means unusual to mount on a mopstick a turnip with holes for eyes, and a candle…Trending
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