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Brewer's: Mental Hallucinations
The mind informing the senses, instead of the senses informing the mind. There can be no doubt that the senses may be excited by the mind (from within, as well as from without). Macbeth…Brewer's: Moon-drop
In Latin, virus lunare, a vaporous drop supposed to be shed by the moon on certain herbs and other objects, when influenced by incantations. Upon the corner of the moon, There hangs a…Brewer's: Livered
As, white-livered, lily-livered. Cowardly. In the auspices taken by the Greeks and Romans before battle, if the liver of the animals sacrificed was healthy and blood-red, the omen was…Brewer's: More one has, the More he Desires
(The). In French, Plus il en a, plus il en veut. In Latin, Quo plus habent, co plus cupiunt. My more having would be a source To make me hunger more. Shakespeare: Macbeth, iv. 3. Source…50 Spookiest Halloween Quotes
Top of Page Halloween, the ghoul-filled season that we all love, is just around the corner. This holiday has been celebrated for centuries, with origins dating back to the ancient Celtic festival of…Brewer's: Learn
(1 syl.). Live and learn. Cato, the censor, was an old man when he taught himself Greek. Michael Angelo, at seventy years of age, said, “I am still learning.” John Kemble wrote out Hamlet…Brewer's: Quarry
(A). The place where stone, marble, etc., are dug out and squared. (French, quarré, formed into square blocks.) (Tomlinson.) Quarry Prey. This is a term in falconry. When a hawk struck…Brewer's: Sleave
The ravelled sleave of care Shakespeare: Macbeth). The sleave is the knotted or entangled part of thread or silk, the raw edge of woven articles. Chaucer has “sleeveless words” (words like…Brewer's: Sell
A saddle. “Vaulting ambition ... o'erleaps its sell” (Macbeth, i. 7). (Latin, sella; French, selle.) Window sill is the Anglo-Saxon syl (a basement). “He left his loftie steed with golden…Shakespeare Through the Ages
The Bard is inescapable. If youve been to an English-speaking secondary school, theres an overwhelming chance that you or your loved ones have been exposed to hefty doses of Shakespeare.…Trending
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