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William Shakespeare: Henry VI (Pt 2), Act IV, Scene III
Scene IIIAnother part of BlackheathAlarums to the fight, wherein Sir Humphrey and William Stafford are slain. Enter Cade and the restCadeWhere's Dick, the butcher of Ashford?DickHere, sir.…Dracula and Other Vampire Beliefs
Belief in vampires and the power of blood is as old as mankind Monster Links Halloween Tricksters and Treats Quiz: Dracula Menacing Monster Guide Quiz: Monsters Belief in…cattle
(Encyclopedia) cattle, name for the ruminant mammals of the genus Bos, and particularly those of the domesticated species, Bos taurus and B. indica. The term oxen, broadly used, refers also to…Brewer's: Kick the Bucket
(To). A bucket is a pulley, and in Norfolk a beam. When pigs are killed, they are hung by their hind-legs on a bucket or beam, with their heads downwards, and oxen are hauled up by a…Brewer's: Chillingham Cattle
A breed of cattle (bos taurus) in the park of the Earl of Tankerville, supposed to be the last remnant of the wild oxen of Britain. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Black Ox
The black ox has trod on his foot- i.e. misfortune has come to him. Black oxen were sacrificed to Pluto and other infernal deities. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Boustrophedon
A method of writing or printing, alternately from right to left and left to right, like the path of oxen in ploughing. (Greek, bous-strepho, ox-turning.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Geryon
(g hard). A human monster with three bodies and three heads, whose oxen ate human flesh, and were guarded by a two-headed dog. Hercules slew both Geryon and the dog. This fable means…Brewer's: Augean Stables
The stables of Augeas, King of Elis, in Greece. In these stables he had kept 3,000 oxen, and the stalls had not been cleansed for thirty years. When Hercules was appointed to cleanse these…Brewer's: Hell Kettles
Cavities three miles long, at Oxen-le-Field, Durham. A, B, C communicate with each other, diameter, about 38 yards. The diameter of D, a separate cave, is about 28 yards. A is 19 feet 6…Trending
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