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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: Patten
Martha or Patty, says Gay, was the daughter of a Lincolnshire farmer, with whom the village blacksmith fell in love. To save her from wet feet when she went to milk the cows, the village…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…Brewer's: Skedaddle
To run away, to be scattered in rout. The Scotch apply the word to the milk spilt over the pail in carrying it. During the late American war, the New York papers said the Southern forces…Brewer's: Sice
(1 syl.). A sizing, an allowance of bread and butter. “He'll print for a sice.” In the University of Cambridge the men call the pound loaf, two inches of butter, and pot of milk allowed…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: Signs
instead of words. A symbolic language made by gestures. Members of religious orders bound to silence, communicate with each other in this way. John, a monk, gives, in his Life of St. Odo,…Brewer's: Freezing-point
We generally mean by this expression that degree of Fahrenheit's thermometer which indicates the temperature of frozen water—viz. 32 above zero. If we mean any other liquid we add the name…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.)…Trending
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