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Brewer's: Case
(To). To skin an animal. In the Cookery by Mrs. Glasse is the direction, “Take your hare when it is cased, ... and make a pudding ...” The witticism, “First catch your hare,” may possibly…Brewer's: Dog-Latin
Pretended or mongrel Latin. An excellent example is Stevens' definition of a kitchen: As the law classically expresses it, a kitchen is “camera necessaria pro usus cookare; cum saucepannis…Brewer's: Manningtree
(Essex). Noted for its Whitsun fair, where an ox was roasted whole. Shakespeare makes Prince Henry call Falstaff “a roasted Manningtree ox, with the pudding in his belly.” (1 Henry IV. ii…Brewer's: Sesame
(3 syl.). Oily grain of the natural order Pedaliaceae, originally from India. In Egypt they eat sesame cakes, and the Jews frequently add the seed to their bread. The cakes made of sesame…Brewer's: Fig Sunday
Palm Sunday is so called from the custom of eating figs on that day. The practice arose from the Bible story of Zaccheus, who climbed up into a fig-tree to see Jesus. Many other festivals…Brewer's: Mince Pies
at Christmas time are emblematical of the manger in which our Saviour was laid. The paste over the “offering” was made in form of a cratch or hay-rack. (See Plum Pudding.) Mince pies.…Are you posh enough for Centre Court?
With another victory at Wimbledon, 16-year-old Martina Hingis would capture her fifth Grand Slam title in the last two years.Source:Wide World Photos The crowd at the tournament is considered one…The True George Washington: Social Life: At Mount Vernon
At Mount VernonDuring the few years that Washington was at Mount Vernon subsequent to the Revolution, the same unbounded hospitality was dispensed as in earlier times, while a far greater…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, July 24, 1805
Day 799 Day 801 Lewis, July 24, 1805 Wednesday July 24th 1805. Set out at sunrise; the current very strong; passed a remarkable bluff of a crimson coloured earth on Stard. intermixed with…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: July 3, 1805
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark July 2, 1805July 4, 1805July 3, 1805 Wednesday July 3rd 1805. This morning early we employed all hands; some were making tar or attempting to…Trending
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