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Brewer's: Strong

- as iron, as a horse, as brandy (See Similes.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Strong-backStromkarl A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S…

Brewer's: Strong-back

One of Fortunio's servants. He was so strong he could carry any weight upon his back without difficulty. (Grimm's Goblins, Fortunio.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…

Brewer's: Strong-bow

Richard de Clare, Earl of Strigul. Justice of Ireland. (1176). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894StrontianStrong-back A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…

Brewer's: Come it Strong

Lay it on thick; to exaggerate or overdo. (See Draw It Mild.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Come LightlyCome it A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…

strong interactions

(Encyclopedia) strong interactions, actions between elementary particles mediated, or carried, by gluons. They are responsible for the binding of protons and neutrons in the nucleus and interactions…

William Barstow Strong Biography

William Barstow Strongrailroad officialBorn: 1837Birthplace: Brownington, Vt. Having graduated from Bell's Business College in Chicago (1855), he began his career in railroads as a station…

Robert Graves: Strong Beer

Strong Beer"What do you think The bravest drink Under the sky?" "Strong beer," said I."There's a place for everything, Everything, anything, There's a place for everything Where it ought to…

Robert the Strong

(Encyclopedia) Robert the Strong, d. 866, French warrior, marquess of Neustria; father of the French kings Eudes and Robert I and ancestor of the Capetians. He joined the rebellious nobles against…

Strong, William Duncan

(Encyclopedia) Strong, William Duncan, 1899–1962, American anthropologist, b. Portland, Oreg., grad. Univ. of California (B.A., 1923; Ph.D., 1926). He served as curator at the Chicago Field Museum (…

Smith, Jedediah Strong

(Encyclopedia) Smith, Jedediah Strong, 1799–1831, American explorer, one of the greatest of the mountain men, b. near Binghamton, N.Y. Early in 1824, Smith took a party through South Pass, beginning…