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Brewer's: Old Man of the Sea

In the story of Sinbad the Sailor, the Old Man of the Sea, hoisted on the shoulders of Sinbad, clung there and refused to dismount. Sinbad released himself from his burden by making the…

Brewer's: Man of the Sea

(See Old , etc.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man of the Third RepublicMan of the Hill A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W…

Brewer's: O'man's Sea

The Persian Gulf. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894OmbreOm A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…

Brewer's: Old Man of the Mountain

Hassanben-Sabah, the sheik Al Jebal, and founder of the sect called Assassins (q.v.). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Old Man of the SeaOld Man of the Moon…

Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs

(Encyclopedia) Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, an early Jewish work, with some Christian interpolations, reckoned among the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha. The work may have been written as early…

Ghor, the

(Encyclopedia) Ghor, the, Arabic Al Ghawr, region of the Jordan Valley, c.70 mi (110 km) long, between the Sea of Galilee (Lake Tiberias) and the Dead Sea, on the border of Jordan and Israel and the…

Proteus, in Greek mythology

(Encyclopedia) ProteusProteusprōˈtēəs, –ty&oomacr;s [key], in Greek mythology, prophetic old man of the sea who tended the seals of Poseidon. He could change himself into any shape he pleased,…

Nereus

(Encyclopedia) NereusNereusnērˈ&oomacr;s, –ēəs [key], in Greek mythology, seagod. He was the son of Pontus and Gaea and the father of the nereids (see nymph). A kindly, wise old man of the sea,…

The Pas

(Encyclopedia) The PasThe Paspäz, pä [key], town (1991 pop. 6,166), W Man., Canada, on the Saskatchewan River. Founded as a fur-trading post, it became in 1920 the starting point and headquarters of…