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Brewer's: Love-in-Idleness
One of the numerous names of the pansy or hearts-ease. Originally white, but changed to a purple colour by the fall of Cupid's bolt upon it. Yet marked I where the bolt of Cupid fell. It…Brewer's: Galaxy
(The). The “Milky Way.” A long white luminous track of stars which seems to encompass the heavens like a girdle. According to classic fable, it is the path to the palace of Zeus (1 syl.)…Brewer's: Flummery
Flattering nonsense, palaver. In Wales it is a food made of oatmeal steeped in water and kept till it has become sour. In Cheshire and Lancashire it is the prepared skin of oatmeal mixed…Brewer's: Durden
(Dame). A notable housewife. Dame Durden, of the famous English song, kept five serving girls to carry the milking pails, and also kept five serving men to use the spade and flail. The…Brewer's: Eager
or eagre. Sharp, keen, acid; the French aigre. (Latin, crude form, acr- “acer,” sharp.) It doth posset And curd, like eager droppings into milk. Shakespeare: Hamlet, i. 5. “Vex him with…Brewer's: Leglin-girth
To cast a leglin-girth. To have “a screw loose;” to have made a faux pas; to have one's reputation blown upon. A legin-girth is the lowest hoop of a leglin or milk-pail. (See…Brewer's: King's Mess
(The). An extra mess of rice boiled with milk- or of almonds, peas, or other pulse- given to the monks of Melrose Abbey by Robert [Bruce], the feast to be held on January 10th, and 100…Brewer's: Thistle
(The). The species called Silybum Marianum, we are told, owes the white markings on its leaves to the milk of the Virgin Mary, some of which fell thereon and left a white mark behind. (See…Brewer's: Thorns
Calvin (Admonitio de Reliquiis) gives a long list of places claiming to possess one or more of the thorns which composed the Saviour's crown. To his list may be added Glastonbury Abbey,…Brewer's: Tuba
[ happiness ]. A tree of Paradise, of gigantic proportions, whose branches stretch out to those who wish to gather their produce; not only all luscious fruits, but even the flesh of birds…Trending
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