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Brewer's: Square
To put oneself in the attitude of boxing, to quarrel. (Welsh, cwer' —i.e. cweryl, cwerylu, to quarrel.) Are you such fools To square for this? Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus, ii. 1.…Titus Justus
(Encyclopedia) Titus Justus, in the Bible: see Justus (2.)Artemas
(Encyclopedia) ArtemasArtemasärˈtĭməs [key], companion of Paul, mentioned in his Letter to Titus.Brewer's: Mistletoe
Shakespeare calls it “the baleful mistletoe” (Titus Andronicus, ii. 3), in allusion to the Scandinavian story that it was with an arrow made of mistletoe that Balder was slain. (See…Brewer's: Prometheus
(3 syl.) made men of clay, and stole fire from heaven to animate them. For this he was chained by Zeus to Mount Caucasus, where an eagle preyed on his liver daily. The word means…Brewer's: Gad-steel
Flemish steel. So called because it is wrought in gads, or small bars. (Anglo-Saxon, gad, a small bar or goad; Icelandic, gaddr, a spike or goad.) I will go get a leaf of brass, And with a…Brewer's: Encelados
The most powerful of the giants that conspired against Zeus (Jupiter). The king of gods and men cast him down, and threw Mount Etna over him. The poets say that the flames of this volcano…Titus (TV Show)
FoxMidseason debutMonday 8:30–9:00 p.m.Cast:Christopher Titus, Stacy Keach, Cynthia Watros, and Zack Ward An autobiographical comedy about stand-up comic Christopher Titus (he plays a custom…Titus Flavius Vespasianus
Titus Flavius Vespasianus led the siege that razed Jerusalem in 70 A.D., then went on to succeed his father Vespasian as Roman emperor. Titus was the eldest son of Vespasian, who ruled as emperor…Brewer's: Miller
To drown the miller. (See Drown , etc.) To give one the miller is to engage a person in conversation till a sufficient number of persons have gathered together to set upon the victim with…