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Brewer's: Running Water
No enchantment can subsist in a living stream; if, therefore, a person can interpose a brook betwixt himself and the witches, sprites, or goblins chasing him, he is in perfect safety.…Brewer's: Rag-water
Whisky. (Thieves? jargon.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Rags of AntisthenesRag 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…Brewer's: Surfeit Water
Cordial water to cure surfeits. “Water that cures surfeits. A little cold distilled poppywater is the true surfeit water.” —Locke. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Seidlitz Water
Natural mineral water from a spring in the village of Seidlitz, in Bohemia. (See Seltzer.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894SeiksSeian Horse A B C D E F…Brewer's: Seltzer Water
A corruption of Selters Water; so called from the Lower Selters, near Limburg (Nassau). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Semiramis of the NorthSelling the…Brewer's: Water-gall
The dark rim round the eyes after much weeping. A peculiar appearance in a rainbow which indicates more rain at hand. “Gall” is the Anglo-Saxon gealew…Brewer's: Water-hole
The big water-hole. The bed of the sea; the ocean. “We've got to the big water-hole at last ... Tis a long way across.” —Boldrewood: Robbery under…Brewer's: Water of Jealousy
(The). If a woman was known to commit adultery she was to be stoned to death, according to the Mosaic law. (Deut. xxii. 22.) If, however, the husband…Brewer's: Water-logged
Rendered immovable by too much water in the hold. When a ship leaks and is water-logged, it will not make any progress, but is like a log on the sea,…Brewer's: Water-Poet
John Taylor, the Thames waterman. (1580-1654.) I must confess I do want eloquence, And never scarce did learn my accidence, For having got from `…Trending
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