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Brewer's: Lacedaemonian Letter
(The). The Greek (iota), the smallest of all letters. Laconic brevity. (See Laconic.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894LacedaemoniansLaced A B C D E F G…Brewer's: Uncial Letters
Letters an inch in size. From the fifth to the ninth century. (Latin uncia, an inch.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Uncircumcised in Heart and EarsUncas A…Brewer's: Cadmean Letters
(The). The simple Greek letters introduced by Cadmus from Phoenicia. (Greek myth.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Cadmean VictoryCadi A B C D E F G H…Brewer's: Dead Letter
A written document of no value; a law no longer acted upon. Also a letter which lies buried in the post-office because the address is incorrect, or the person addressed cannot be found.…Brewer's: Dictator of Letters
François Marie Arouet de Voltaire, called the Great Pan. (1694-1778.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Didactic PoetryDicky Sam A B C D E F G H I J…Brewer's: Snarling Letter
(Latin, litera canina). The letter. (See R.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Sneck PossetSnap One's Nose Off A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…Wilson, Alexander
(Encyclopedia) Wilson, Alexander, 1766–1813, American ornithologist, b. Scotland. He came to the United States c.1794, taught in rural New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and became a citizen in 1804.…Brewer's: Four Letters
containing the name of God, and called by Rabbins “tetragrammaton.” Thus, in Hebrew, JHVH (JeHoVaH); in Greek, Theos ; in Latin, Deus; in French, Dieu; in Assyrian, Adat; Dutch, Godt;…Brewer's: Letter-Gae
The precentor is called by Allen Ramsay “The Letter-gae of haly rhyme.” “Holy rhyme” means hymns or chants. “There were no sae mony hairs on the warlock's face as there's on Letter-gae's…Brewer's: Letter of Marque
A commission authorising a privateer to make reprisals on a hostile nation till satisfaction for injury has been duly made. Here “marque” means march, or marca, a border-land (whence our “…Trending
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