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Brewer's: Dab, Din
etc. Hab Dab and David Din Ding the deil o'er Dabson's Linn. “Hab Dab” means Halbert Dobson; “David Din” means David Dun; and “Dabson's Linn,” or Dob's Linn, is a waterfall near the head…Brewer's: Nativity
(The) means Christmas Day, the anniversary of the birth of Jesus. The Cave of the Nativity is under the chancel of the “church of the Nativity.” In the recess, a few feet above the ground…Brewer's: Nottingham
(Saxon, Snotingaham, place of caves). So called from the caverns in the soft sandstone rock. Montecute took King Edward III. through these subterranean passages to the hill castle, where…Brewer's: Tannhauser
(3 syl.). A legendary hero of Germany, who wins the affections of Lisaura; but Lisaura, hearing that Sir Tannhäuser has set out for Venusberg to kiss the queen of love and beauty, destroys…Brewer's: Queubus
The equinoctial of Queubus. This line has Utopia on one side and Medamothi on the other. It was discovered on the Greek Kalends by Outis after his escape from the giant's cave, and is…Brewer's: Rule
(St.) or St. Regulus, a monk of Patrae in Achaia, is the real saint of Scotland. He was the first to colonise its metropolitan see, and to convert the inhabitants (370). The name Killrule…Brewer's: Satyrane
(3 syl.). A blunt but noble knight who delivered Una from the fauns and satyrs. The meaning is this: Truth, being driven from the towns and cities, took refuge in caves and dens, where for…Brewer's: Scobellum
A very fruitful land, but the inhabitants “exceeded the cannibals for cruelty, the Persians for pride, the Egyptians for luxury, the Cretans for lying, the Germans for drunkenness, and all…Brewer's: Sleeper
(The). Epimenides, the Greek poet, is said to have fallen asleep in a cave when a boy, and not to have waked for fifty-seven years, when he found himself possessed of all wisdom. Rip Van…Brewer's: Seven Sleepers
Seven noble youths of Ephesos, who fled in the Decian persecution to a cave in Mount Celion. After 230 years they awoke, but soon died, and their bodies were taken to Marseilles in a large…Trending
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