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Brewer's: Brent-hill

means the eyebrows. Looking or gazing from under brent-hill. In Devonshire means “frowning at one;” and in West Cornwall to brend means to wrinkle the brows. It is very remarkable that…

Brewer's: Crystal Hills

On the coast of the Caspian, near Badku, is a mountain which sparkles like diamonds, from the sea-glass and crystals with which it abounds. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…

Brewer's: Cooper's Hill

Near Runnymede and Egham. Both Denham and Pope have written in praise of this hill. If I can be to thee A poet, thou Parnassus art to me. Denham. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,…

Brewer's: Old as the Hills

“Old as Panton Gates.” (See Panton Gates.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Old Age Restored to YouthOld As Methuselah A B C D E F G H I J K L M…

Brewer's: Rook's Hill

(Lavant, Chichester), celebrated for the local tradition that the golden calf of Aaron is buried there. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894RookeryRook A B C…

Brewer's: Salt Hill

(Eton). The mound at Eton where the Eton scholars used to collect money from the visitors on Montem day. The mound is still called Salt Hill, and the money given was called salt. The word…

Team (Large Hill)

Pts1Japan933.02Germany897.43Austria881.5JPN— Takanobu Okabe, Hiroya Saito, Masahiko Harada, Kazuyoshi Funaki; GER— Sven Hannawald, Martin Schmitt, Hansjoerg Jaekle, Dieter Thoma; AUT—…

Beverly Hills Ninja

Director: Dennis DuganWriters: Mark Feldberg and Mitch KlebanoffDirector of Photography:Arthur AlbertEditor:Jeff GoursonMusic:George S. ClintonProduction Designer:Ninkey DaltonProducers:Brad…

Brewer's: Man of the Hill

(The). A tedious “hermit of the vale,” which encumbers the story of Tom Jones, by Fielding. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man of the SeaMan of Straw A B…

Brewer's: Marcley Hill

(Herefordshire), on February 7th, 1571, at six o'clock in the evening, “roused itself with a roar, and by seven next morning had moved forty paces.” It kept on the move for three days,…