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Brewer's: Pis-aller
(French). As a shift; for want of a better; a dernier ressort; better than nothing. “She contended herself with a pis-aller, and gave her hand ... in six months to the son of the baronet's…Brewer's: Go Out
(To). To rise in rebellion; the Irish say, “To be up.” To go out with the forces of Charles Edward. To be out with Roger More and Sir Phelim O'Neil, in 1641. “I thocht my best chance for…Brewer's: Caligula
A Roman emperor; so called because he wore a military sandal called a caliga, which had no upper leather, and was used only by the common soldiers. (12, 37-41.) “ `The word caligæ, however…Brewer's: Conan
The Thersites of “Fingal;” brave even to rashness. Blow for blow or claw for claw, as Conan said. Conan made a vow never to take a blow without returning it; when he descended into the…Brewer's: Gillie
(g hard). A servant or attendant; the man who leads a pony about when a child is riding. A gillie-wet-foot is a barefooted Highland lad. “These gillie-wet-foots, as they were called, were…Brewer's: Revise
(2 syl.). The second proof-sheet submitted to an author or “reader.” “I at length reached a vaulted room, ... and beheld, seated by a lamp and employed in reading a blotted revise ... the…Brewer's: Tappit-hen
(A). A huge pewter measuring-pot, containing at least three English quarts. Readers of Waverley will remember (in chap. xi.) the Baron Bradwardine's tappit-hen of claret from Bordeaux. To…Brewer's: Oreilles
Sir W. Scott (Waverley, x.) speaks of vinum primce notce thus: “Ccst des deux oreilles,” that is, it is strong and induces sleep. It makes one “Dormir sur les deux oreilles.” Littré,…Brewer's: Ten Commandments
(The). The following rhyme was written under the two tables of the commandments: PRSVR Y PRFCT MN VR KP THS PRCPTS TN. The vowel E Supplies the key. Ten Commandments (The). Scratching…Jacobites
(Encyclopedia) JacobitesJacobitesjăkˈəbītsˌ [key], adherents of the exiled branch of the house of Stuart who sought to restore James II and his descendants to the English and Scottish thrones after…Trending
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